Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you.
Take your time, make your plan, Mama said, son be your own best man.

Mama said, play it straight, do what you like only do it up right.
Take your time, don't run wild, Mama said, son, you're my one man child.

Mama didn't have that know-it-all-way. She lived by the book and she prayed every day.
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme or the words of a song ever slipped her mind.

Mama said, go out there play at the game and you better play it fair.
Make sure your song get sung, Mama said, honey, be your own big gun.

Mama didn't care when I never came home, she learned how to cope with the end of the phone.
Dad went away to his place in the sky, Mum said, son, he was a real good guy.

Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you.
Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you.

Mama didn't have that know-it-all-way. She lived by the book and she prayed every day.
Never was a time when a rhythm or rhyme or the words of a song ever slipped her mind.

Mama said, see it through. Don't let the night put the bite on you.
Take your time, make your plan, Mama said, son be your own best man.

Mama said, go out there play at the game and you better play it fair.
Take your time, don't run wild, Mama said, son, you're my one man child.
Take your time, don't run wild, Mama said, son, you're my one man child.