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Ooh-ooh-ooh |
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Mom was cooking bread |
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She wore a dirty, raggedy scarf around her head |
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Always had her stockings low, rolled to her feet, she just didn't know |
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She wore a sloppy dress |
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Oh, no matter how she tried, she always looked a mess |
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Out of the pot she ate, never used a fork or a dinner plate |
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I was always so afraid for my uptown friends to see her |
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Afraid one day when I was grown, that I would be her |
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In a college town |
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Away from home, a new identity I found |
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Said I was born elite, with maids and servants at my feet |
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I must have been insane |
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I lied and said Mama died on a weekend trip to Spain |
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She never got out of the house, never even boarded a train |
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Married a guy, was living high, I didn't want him to know her |
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She had a grandson, 2 years old, that I never even showed her |
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I'm living in shame |
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Mama, I miss you |
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I know you're not to blame |
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Mama, I miss you |
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Came a telegram |
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Mama passed away while making homemade jam |
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Before she died, she cried to see me by her side |
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She always did her best |
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Ah, cooking, cleaning, always in the same old dress |
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Working hard down on her knees, always trying to please |
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Mama, mama, mama, can you hear me? |
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Mama, mama, mama, can you hear me? |
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I'm living in shame |
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Mama, I miss you |
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I know you've done your best |
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Mama, I miss you |
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Won't you forgive me, Mom? |
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For all the wrong I've done |
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I know you've done your best |
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Ooh, I know you've done the very best you could |
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But I never understood |
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Working hard down on your knees |
