Mama gets high when a good man in the morning
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Gives her tea and takes her milk and apple pie
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Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and
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Has left her with that sweet ol' "bye and bye"
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Mama couldn't pay the rent
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The price of booze no cheaper
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Lonely nights are often spent
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In Billiard Halls and bar-room brawls
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Mama gets by, but her men find her saying
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You're good, but you ain't like you used to be
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Mama don't cry when it's dues that she's paying
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It's him she's waiting by that door to see
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Turn your light down low, woman
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Mama, Mama, oooh
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Mama, Mama
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Mama still remembers his eyes
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Like a road map of New York city
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She always had forgiven his lies
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She loved that man, and then he ran
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I tell you Mama gets high when a good man in the morning
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Gives her tea and takes her milk and apple pie
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Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and
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Has left her with that sweet ol' "bye and bye"
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Hi Mama, I think I'd better say just one more time
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Bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by
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Oh bye bye
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Mama Gets High
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Blood, Sweat & Tears |