Mama Said

Mama, she has taught me well Told me when I was young "Son, your life's an open book" "Don't close it 'fore it's done" "The brightest flame burns quickest" That's what I heard her say A son's heart's owed to mother But I must find my way Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or, let this heart be still "Rebel," my new last name Wild blood in my veins Apron strings around my neck The mark that still remains I left home at an early age Of what I heard was wrong I never asked forgiveness But what is said is done Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or let this heart be still Never I ask of you, but never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you, but never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still Mama, now I'm coming home I'm not all you wished of me But a mother's love for her son Unspoken, help me be Yeah, I took your love for granted And all the things you said to me, yeah I need your arms to welcome me But a cold stone's all I see Let my heart go Let your son grow Mama, let my heart go Or let this heart be still Let my heart go Mama, let my heart go You never let my heart go So let this heart be still, whoa Never I ask of you, but never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave Never I ask of you, but never I gave But you gave me your emptiness I now take to my grave So let this heart be still

Tried to sneak out without saying With my loudest record playing Ooh, my mama said, "Look at this, you haven't done your bed" My mama said, "That's a thing that you should do instead" Yeah, I did what she had told me Dying for my friend to hold me Ooh, my mama said, "Try and get one thing into your head" My mama said, "Pa and me, we give you room and bed" How I wanna live my life Wanna live my life La-la-la, la-la-la, life In the morning she said "Listen" Ooh, I felt like in a prison Yeah, my mama said, "I know you've been out again with Fred" (my mama said) My mama said, "Don't you lie, your cheeks are blushing red" (my mama said) Oh, I wanna live my life Wanna live my life La-la-la, la-la-la, life I said, "I can't live without him How I wish you wouldn't doubt him" Ooh ooh, my mama said, "If you want to hurt me go ahead" (my mama said) My mama said, "I suppose you'd rather see me dead" (my mama said) Oh, I wanna live my life Wanna live my life La-la-la, la-la-la, life La-la-la, la-la-la, life La-la-la, la-la-la, life La-la-la, la-la-la, life La-la-la, la-la-la, life

Mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said (Mama said, mama said) Mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said (Mama said, mama said) I went walkin' the other day, yeah Everything was goin' fine And then I met a little boy named Billy Joe And then I almost lost my mind Come on, mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said (Mama said, mama said) Oh, mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said My eyes were wide open All that I could see, yeah The chapel bells were tollin' For everybody but me But I don't worry 'cause Mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said (Mama said, mama said) Mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said And then she said Someone would look at me Like I'm lookin' at you One day Then I might find I don't want you any old way So, don't worry, 'cause Mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said (Mama said, mama said) yeah, yeah, yeah Mama said there'll be days like this There'll be days like this, my mama said Oh, yeah (Mama said, mama said) Don't worry, yeah, (Mama said, mama said) Don't worry, now, (Mama said, mama said) Yeah, eah, eah, eah, eah (Mama said, mama said) Don't worry, worry, now, now, now (Mama said, mama said) Don't you worry (Mama said, mama said)