[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:14.78]Mama was cookin bread [00:16.51]She wore a dirty raggedy scarf around her head [00:20.00]Always had her stockings low [00:21.54]Rolled to her feet just didn't know [00:24.80]She wore a sloppy dress [00:26.43]Oh no matter how she tried she always looked a mess [00:30.84]Out of the pot she ate [00:32.50]Never used a fork or a dinner plate [00:36.28]I was always so afraid that [00:38.20]The uptown friends would see her [00:40.36]Afraid one day when i was grown [00:43.11]That i would be her [00:48.65]In college town away from here [00:51.76]A new identity i found [00:54.67]That i was born elite [00:56.29]With maids and servants at my feet [00:59.45]I must have been insane [01:01.63]I lied and said mama died on a weekend trip to spain [01:06.06]She never got out of the house [01:07.75]Never even boarded a train [01:10.88]Married a guy was living high [01:13.00]I didn't want him to know her [01:15.08]She had a grandson two years old [01:17.24]That i never even showed her [01:19.59]I'm living in shame [01:23.03]Mama i miss you [01:28.62]I know you're not to blame [01:31.79]Mama i miss you [01:52.91]Came a telegram [01:54.64]Mama passed away while making home made jam [01:58.59]Before she died she cried to see me by her side [02:02.80]She always did her best [02:04.62]Ah cooked and cleaned and always in the same old dress [02:09.86]Working hard down on her knees [02:11.80]Always trying to please [02:14.89]Mama mama mama can you hear me [02:19.22]Mama mama mama can you hear me [02:23.09]I'm living in shame [02:26.21]Mama i miss you [02:31.95]I know you've done your best [02:35.10]Mama i miss you [02:39.84]Won't you forgive me mama [02:42.11]For all the wrong i've done [02:44.25]I know you've done your best [02:46.41]Oh i know you've done the very best you could [02:50.86]But i never understood [02:53.66]Working hard down on your knees