[00:03.51]Ooh-ooh-ooh
[00:14.45]Mom was cooking bread
[00:16.29]She wore a dirty, raggedy scarf around her head
[00:19.75]Always had her stockings low, rolled to her feet, she just didn't know
[00:24.55]She wore a sloppy dress
[00:26.30]Oh, no matter how she tried, she always looked a mess
[00:30.71]Out of the pot she ate, never used a fork or a dinner plate
[00:35.96]I was always so afraid for my uptown friends to see her
[00:40.22]Afraid one day when I was grown, that I would be her
[00:48.43]In a college town
[00:50.58]Away from home, a new identity I found
[00:54.50]Said I was born elite, with maids and servants at my feet
[00:59.28]I must have been insane
[01:01.70]I lied and said Mama died on a weekend trip to Spain
[01:05.86]She never got out of the house, never even boarded a train
[01:10.67]Married a guy, was living high, I didn't want him to know her
[01:14.98]She had a grandson, 2 years old, that I never even showed her
[01:19.43]I'm living in shame
[01:22.81]Mama, I miss you
[01:28.34]I know you're not to blame
[01:31.60]Mama, I miss you
[01:52.78]Came a telegram
[01:54.73]Mama passed away while making homemade jam
[01:58.61]Before she died, she cried to see me by her side
[02:02.79]She always did her best
[02:04.59]Ah, cooking, cleaning, always in the same old dress
[02:09.79]Working hard down on her knees, always trying to please
[02:14.87]Mama, mama, mama, can you hear me?
[02:19.24]Mama, mama, mama, can you hear me?
[02:23.08]I'm living in shame
[02:26.50]Mama, I miss you
[02:31.96]I know you've done your best
[02:35.20]Mama, I miss you
[02:39.95]Won't you forgive me, Mom?
[02:42.15]For all the wrong I've done
[02:44.29]I know you've done your best
[02:46.65]Ooh, I know you've done the very best you could
[02:50.85]But I never understood
[02:53.72]Working hard down on your knees