Interpret:

Gordon Lightfoot

Album:

Songbook (DISC 1)

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 fair 
Make sure your song gets 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 a phone 
Dad went away to his place in the sky 
Mama said:
"Son he was a real good guy" 


Mama said:
"See it through, don't let the night put the bite on you 
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 everyday 
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 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"