So Long, Mama

I thought fortune finally smiled on me
I wanted so bad to believe
But if something seems too good to be true
You showed me it is
Instead of comin’ back home to roost
You’re always out there on the loose
So long, Mama

So long, Mama
I don’t want to live like this no more
So long, Mama
Wonderin’ if you’ll show up at my door
You think I’m helpless as a child
While you’re out there runnin’ wild
So long, Mama

Now don’t think that I don’t understand
The power of a beautiful woman
When every man was ever talkin’ to me
He’s lookin’ at you
You can’t help but be the beauty you are
But why you got to take it so far
So long, Mama

So long, Mama
I don’t want to live like this no more
So long, Mama
Wonderin’ if you’ll show up at my door
You think I’m helpless as a child
While you’re out there runnin’ wild
So long, Mama

You can’t help but be the beauty you are
But why you got to take it so far
So long, Mama

So long, Mama
So long, Mama