I had a reason

I had an excuse

My heart was bleeding

My head was in the noose

What did mother mom say

What did mother mom say

What did mother mom say

What did mother mom say

Mother mom said
Mother mom said
Mother mom said
Mother mom said
Don't go

Mother mom said

My arms were shaking

Like a chicken wing coop

I had it all spelled out for me

In my alphabet soup

And those soup cans and pop bottles

Dancing in the nude

And the nervous radio played forgotten songs that only an orphan could remember

Then everything fell apart

Then everything came together

And There were shoe laces there a million miles long

And I was gone

What did mother mom say

What did mother mom say

What did mother mom say

Uh what did mother mom say

Mother mom said
Mother mom said
Mother mom said
Mother mom said
Don't go

Please don't go

My bank account just fell through

Elma says it happened to her son

And now I'm hitting the road
Elma says it happened to her son
Elma says

Elma says

Elma says

Elma told my mom!

Elma told my mom
Elma told my mom
Elma told my mom
Elma told my mom
Don't go!

Please don't go

Please don't go

Please don't go