Mother

Cast

• Yasuko Matsuyuki
• Kôji Yamamoto
• Wakana Sakai
• Kana Kurashina
• Mana Ashida
• Machiko Ono
• Takuma Otoo
• Yôsuke Kawamura
• Miwako Ichikawa
• Atsuko Takahata
• Gô Ayano
• Minoru Tanaka
• Yûko Tanaka
• Yô Yoshida

• Season 1
• Episode 1: (#1.1)
  Japan:14 April 2010...
• Episode 2: (#1.2)
  Japan:21 April 2010...
• Episode 3: (#1.3)
  Japan:28 April 2010...
• Episode 4: (#1.4)
  Japan:5 May 2010...
• Episode 5: (#1.5)
  Japan:12 May 2010...
• Episode 6: (#1.6)
  Japan:19 May 2010...
• Episode 7: (#1.7)
  Japan:26 May 2010...
• Episode 8: (#1.8)
  Japan:2 June 2010...
• Episode 9: (#1.9)
  Japan:9 June 2010...
• Episode 10: (#1.10)
  Japan:16 June 2010...
• Episode 11: (#1.11)
  Japan:23 June 2010...

• Ashanti
• Kane
• Shelby Lynne
• Bzn
• Siouxsie And The Banshees
• Sting & Police
• Kirsty Hawkshaw
• Pop Will Eat Itself
• Afro Celt Sound System
• Red House Painter
• Roger Waters
• My Brightest Diamond
• Moloko
• Hypnosis
• Incubator
• John Lennon
• eRa
• Kingdom Come
• Roy Orbison
• Gary Numan
• Mindfeed
• Slim Dusty
• The Police
• Police
• Kasey Chambers
• Siouxie and the Banshees
• Cyndi Lauper
• Wumpscut
• Babes In Toyland
• Travis
• Smash Mouth
• A Chorus Line soundtrack
• Bettysoo
• Yoko Ono
• Sting
• Pink Floyd
• Lita Ford
• Julie Doiron
• Blondie
• Edge Of Sanity
• Danzig
• Donna Lewis
• Keith Caputo
• Mobile
• Marie Fredriksson
• Page France
• Tori Amos
• Rammstein
• Red House Painters
• Mortuary Drape
• Isla Grant
• James
• Jack Savoretti
• Barbra Streisand
• Anika Moa
• Ayo
• Amanda Palmer
• Dark Project
• Chicago
• Christian Death
• Cindy Morgan

I would never let a tear fall from your eyes
No, no, no, no
'Cause everything you are to me
Oh, I could never let you hurt inside
You mean so much and I'm so thankful that you're in my life
And I appreciate your love and all your sacrifice
Without you by my side, I never could survive
I wouldn't be the woman standing here before your eyes
You taught me strength and you gave me guidance
Whenever faith was lost, you were there to find it
And all because a mother's love is unconditional
With all my heart and all my soul, I wanna let you know
That I thank you and I love you
And I will never place anyone above you
Said I thank you and I love you
And I will never ever place no one above you
You have given me life and I just want you to know
That you're the reason I'm here today, I will never let go
To everything that we share and nothing can compare
I thank you, I thank you, I thank you is what I'm saying
You see I've been blessed to be raised by a woman so strong
'Cause even when I did things wrong
You would show me just the way that I should carry on
You kept me safe and you protected me with all you had
And any time I was in need you gave your very last
Without you by my side, I never could survive
I wouldn't be the woman standing here before your eyes
You taught me strength and you gave me guidance
Whenever faith was lost you were there to find it
And all because a mothers love is unconditional
With all my heart and all my soul I wanna let you know
That I thank you and I love you
And I will never place anyone above you
Said I thank you and I love you
I could never place anyone above you, yeah
You have given me life and I just want you to know
That you're the reason I'm here today, I will never let go
To all the thing that we shared and nothing can compare
I thank you, I thank you, I thank you is what I'm saying
I remember waking up early Monday morning
With my new dress and my new shoes, with the buckles on 'em
And you would kiss my face and say I love you babe
And you would be right there to take all of my fear away
And when he broke my heart, you said it was his loss
And not to think about it, you're better off with out him
Remember when they said that I was never gonna make it
You said it shows and all you gotta do is go and take it
Said I thank you and I love you
And I will never ever place no one above you
Said I thank you and I love you
And I will never ever place no one above you
See, you have given me life and I just want you to know
That you're the reason I'm here today I will never let go
To everything that we share and nothing can compare
Said I thank you and I love you
And I will never ever place no one above you
I said I thank you and yes, I love you
And I will never ever place no one above you
See, you have given me life and I just want you to know
That you're the reason I'm here today I will never let go
To everything that we share and nothing can compare

Mother, well don't let me down
Well I've been away, but I'm here right now
And mother, well don't let the past hunt you down
For I've been away, well hey I'm here right now
Well I've been away, but I'm here right now
And I will be here
So this time, we won't speak a word
I'll swallow my pride, oh I know, well I know you're hurt
And this time, we'll rise like the sun in the sky
We'll light up the dark nights, light the hard times on our way up
We'll light up the hard times, all the way, all the way up
Till you see me again
And I will be here
And I will not fade
I will not ever fade, no no no no
Right or wrong, life goes on
Yeah, and I will be here
And I will not fade
I will not ever fade, ever fade, ever fade
I want you, hey, I need you
What, I want you, yeah, hey
I want you, hey, I need you
Hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah, hey yeah

Mother, you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
You didn't want me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Father, you left me
But I never left you
I needed you
You didn't need me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Children don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk, I tried to run
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home
Mama, don't go
Daddy, come home

When I'm feeling down
and find myself in trouble
sick and tired of all the daily cares
when I'm close to tears with bringing up the children
I recall the days when I was young
And then I say this little prayer
looking at your picture standing there
Mother this is me, I have to say 'I'm sorry'
for all the moments that I broke your heart
Mother, now I see what you've been going through
and that I am so much, so much like you
Different points of view
and other moral senses
bandied words, you solved it all so well
Now I follow you, it's not a bed of roses
many times I felt I was in hell
But then I said this little prayer
looking at your picture standing there
Mother this is me, I have to say 'I'm sorry'
for all the moments that I broke your heart
Mother, now I see what you've been going through
and that I am so much, so much like you
I wished that you were here again
to talk about it all
'cause now I need your wisdom most of all
Mother this is me, I have to say 'I'm sorry'
for all the moments that I broke your heart
Mother, now I see what you've been going through
and that I am so much, so much like you

The word you learn to love The disapproval that you hate that's Mother from Mother
They teach you to respect... Makes you always want to please Mother Mother
The one who keeps you warm The one who keeps you warm And shelters you from harm And shelters you from harm Watch out she'll stunt your mind She'll open up your mind 'Til you emulate her kind To make you good and make you kind Is that Mother? Mother
Downstairs I don't know Downstairs I don't know If it's the springs in her bed Why I feel safe in my bed Or her joints I hear When I know I'm alone Creaking overhead She must be watching overhead Mother Mother
She'll twist the words you speak She'll kiss and say goodbye If she thinks you're near escape If you want to go away Mother Mother
So she clutches at her brood So she gathers up her brood And sits across its face And smiles into their face She sucks up all its energy She beams down vital energy And smothers their last breath She gave us out first breath Oh Mother Mother
The thing you grow to hate The love you won't forget

Words & Music by Andy Summers
Well, the telephone is ringing,
Is that my mother on the phone?
Telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
The telephone is screaming
Won't she leave me alone?
The telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
Well every girl that I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Well, I hear my mother calling
But I don't need her as a friend
Oh, Oh mother
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me
Oh mother dear please listen
Don't devour me
Oh women please have mercy
Let this poor boy be
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me

No-one looks at me, how they looked at
me. No-one talks to me, how they talked
to me. And it feels so strange,
Now that we are three.
Nothing is the same as it used to be.
And I'm frightened too,
That you might not see.
I'm still a child,
Though a child is growing in me.
Have I lost her now to a better place?
Will I see her smile, on my baby's face?
Can I live my life, with her style and
grace? Can I take the role,
Fill the empty space?
And I'm frightened too,
That I might not be.
All that her dreams
Said a daughter of hers would be.
Mother, Mamon, Mama, Mother.
Mother, Mamon, Mama, Mother.
Mother, Mamon, Mama, Mother.
Mother, Mamon, Mama, Mother.
I'm frightened too,

I gave you grief,
You gave me milk,
Your mother's breast my bed of silk.
An itch appears,
The time is here:
Mamma-Mia Mamma-Mia Mamma-Mia! Let me go!
You take the plunge and she knows,
You know, she knows the game,
She knows what you're thinking,
You're still her child and she knows,
She knows you know,
She knows what's best.
You love and you learn and you cry
When you're burned
And you love and you learn
And you laugh 'til it hurst
And you love and you learn
And you wait 'til your turn
And you twist or you stick or you burn.
"I give you trust you give me lies," she said
"At night I lie awake I try," she said
"To understand you."
"I never planned to disappoint you or annoy you,
To desert you or destroy you,
I wanna be there for you."
You take the plunge and she knows, you know,
She knows the game,
She knows what you're thinking,
You're still her child and she knows,
she knows you know,
She knows what's best.
You love and you learn
And you cry when you're burned
And you love and you learn
And you laugh 'til it hurts
And you love and yoou learn
And you wait 'til your turn
And you twist or you stick or you burn.
She needed a chill-out but no one would cool out our mamma,
A gun in her hand and the blood it spilled out in the sand...
Mother!
You love and you learn
And you cry when you're burned
And you love and you learn
And you laugh 'til it hurst
And you love and you learn
And you wait 'til your turn
And you twist or you stick or you burn.

Nach dtann tu m cheann
An nach dteann s m chroi
Return like children
We stumble
Into the sun
Into the sun
Into the sun
Return like children
We stumble
We found a reason
Together

the way the street looked
dim and polluted
so have i felt when i walked upon
the way the air seemed
grey fog diluted
so do i feel when i'm breathed upon
ominous head spoke
you ain't so good
poorly the sow joked
trashed and words muttered
i want to be mothered
i want you to give
attention to my belly button
mother
i want to have
boddy pins stuck in my ears
and drown away the endless days
ridding soon the troubled ways
embedded down with a warm frown
in a wrong and impure dream
anchored down with a mermaid
in sound halcyon sea
lure me in her salt
liquid canyon far beneath
my mother savior
with her goddess touch
brushes hands through my hair

Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for President?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Is it just a waste of time?
Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry
Momma's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Momma's gonna put all of her fears into you
Momma's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing
Momma's gonna keep Baby cozy and warm
Oooo Babe
Oooo Babe
Ooo Babe, of course Momma's gonna help build the wall
Mother, do you think she's good enough
For me?
Mother, do you think she's dangerous
To me?
Momma, will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother, will she break my heart?
Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry
Momma's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Momma won't let anyone dirty get through
Momma's gonna wait up until you get in
Momma will always find out where you've been
Momma's gonna keep Baby healthy and clean
Oooo Babe
Oooo Babe
Ooo Babe, you'll always be Baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high?

Mother, good enough
Sometimes busy on wednesdays
Sometimes lonely for someone
Mother
Whould say accept me to the day
In her heart there was room
Okay, okay mother
Okay, enough for me this love
Mother
The question for the day
Am I enough without my green charades melting
Am I enough without my everything you hoped and wished for me
Okay, okay mother

Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Show me
Empathy
Californian sensibilities
All my problems spring from my troubled upbringing
We need to go right back to the beginning
Disposessed from the outset
What you need is precisely what you get
Mother dear it should be you that's sitting here
On this couch.
Ouch.
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
On my shoulder you're a chip
On my foot you're a blister
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
So tell me what am I gonna do
They told me that maybe I could sue
And oh how the many
Were corrupted by the few
So I dance the mambo and the cha cha cha
I run you over in my beautiful car
Dearest darling mummy dearest
We can't bear to have you near us.
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
On my shoulder you're a chip
On my foot you're a blister
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
The blame lies in the family name
It's not my fault I did as I was taught
Escape to Mongolia or Timbuktu
I know somehow, somewhere
I'll be bumping into you
You see, I'm blameless
I had a mother who was shameless
No wonder my life collapsed
See I'm aimless
With all this analysis
I think I'm having a relapse
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
On my shoulder you're a chip
On my foot you're a blister
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
Seek the advice of a solicitor
Mother dear you'll never be my sister
On my shoulder you're a chip
On my foot you're a blister
We love you
We do
We've taken advice
We may sue
You see I'm blameless
I shall remain nameless
You can't run away from the past
I know what her game is
But I've forgotten what my name is
I'm just too frightened to ask
Tell me what did you expect
What you made is precisely what you get
Precisely what you get
Precisely what you get

Born from the brain
Of self-called wise men
Scientists is their name
For military use
They created us
Our destiny was sealed
Brothers with the same faces
The same software as brain
Part human, part machine
Born from the sperm of man
A cell divided
In thousands and thousands
An army for the fight
They've blanked my memories
And then my brain programmed
A machine dressed to kill
Born from the sperm of man
No color of your eyes
To remind of you
No story that you told
To make me sleep at night
They can call themselves my fathers
So far I can't believe it
And even if they're my fathers
Who's my mother?
Mother
How can I be the only one
Without mother?
"...Good night, sleep tight.

Mother - Can you hear me cry?
Mother - Can you feel my pain?
Mother - Why am I born?
Mother - Your lonely cries buried in the night
Mother - Your worthless flesh will rise one day
Mother - You'll suffer for my lust
Mother - I'll burn your innocent bones
Mother - Your corpse will be reborn...
Mother - Can you hear me cry?

Mother, you had me but I never had you
I wanted you but you didn't want me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye goodbye
Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you but you didn't need me
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye goodbye
Children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk and I tried to run
So I got to tell you
Goodbye goodbye
Mama don't go

Mother, you're always around
Let me tell you you're the only one
Mother, when I see that look in your eyes
I know that you're my only child
And you make my world go round
And round and round and round
And round and round and round
A mio sumoni, Io fanati vorento
A nereto veni, gior si meno amante
T'empiro mentori sempire d'amor terra
Innosenta luna, solite in amo retira/remano
Do you love your mother like I love mine?
Do you wanna hold her all through the night?
The sorrow fills my soul
Love's just the grief, rest
Do you love your mother like I love mine?
Do you wanna be her one and only child?
The sorrow fills your soul
Life's just the grief, rest, I rest
With my head on the chest
Head on the chest
Head on the chest

When you're down
Nothing shows
Just somehow
She already knows
Magic bounds
Holding tight
Gentle sounds
Taking your side
Mother - she would know
Mother - 's clearing the smoke
Mother - She's a star
Mother - That's what you are
When you're down
She is close
Like the thorn
Protecting the rose
Good advice
Based on love
Helps you rise
When things getting rough
Don't forget
once you part
it's her blood
that's running your heart
When you're out
on your own
save the bridge

The eagle perched on the flying pole
He arched around the wire
This isn't what we intended for you
Wake up, no don't lie
Mother What have we done to you,
mother Can we make it up to you,
mother What can we do to start anew
Hear now what I am saying
If just for your own sake
To balance out your portion
You must put back what you take
Mother What have we done to you,
mother Can we make it up to you, mother
What can we do to start anew
And why can't it be Like it's been to mother
For each other to live We just all have to give
Mother What have we done to you,
mother Can we make it up to you, mother

[Instrumental]

Mother why don't you hear me?
Won't you put that down and love me again
Mother why can't you see now?
All that I did wrong I'm now tying to end
Can't you feel the desperation?
That hides behind these sorry eyes
It's gone too far for me to escape this wrong
I'm so ashamed
So I got lost in an immoral game
Destroyed my life, just threw it away
Now I ask you, help me with my mind
Won't you come? Help win this time
We could fight this desperation
That's slowly turning me off life
No more living lost, alone and afraid
No more this grey disguise
I don't need it, mother don't you know
I can leave it, mother don't let go
I still feel it, momma won't you stay
I don't need to tell you I was wrong
Now I'm back where I belong
So tonight don't let me go
So slow it drowned my mind
Control beat me insane
With joy welcome me home, back to your love
I don't need it, mother don't you know
I could leave it, mother don't let go
I still feel it, momma won't you stay
I don't need to tell you I was wrong
Now I'm back where I belong
So tonight don't let me go

There are friends who'll want you but just for a day
There are pals you think true but they'll cast you away
But there's one loving soul boys I'll sure recommend
Through this old world of sorrow she'll be true till
the end
Mother though her hands are all wrinkled and old
Mother silver hair that has lost all the gold
You left her alone went to roam through the years
But all that you left her were heartaches and tears
So kiss her old brow whisper softly and true
Mother you're just an angel and I love you
On the door of a cottage a wreath sadly hung
And a hearse stood there waiting as the choir softly
sung
There were flowers in their beauty and the old Parson
prayed
This was the last tribute as we left for her grave
She won't meet you tonight son when you crave her
caress
She has reared you to manhood, now you've laid her to
rest
Those flowers in their beauty fragrance to her they're
unknown
Cause tonight she's with the angels up around the great
throne
So don't wait that late son to try and repay
Give those flowers and give those treasures, give them
today
Remember how she loved you and always show you care
She's your mother God loves her she's as true as a
prayer
So kiss her old brow whisper softly and true

Well, the telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
The telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
The telephone is screaming
Won't she leave me alone
The telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
Well, every girl I got out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Well, I hear my mother calling
But I don't need her as a friend
Every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Oh Oh mother
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me
Oh women please have mercy
Let this poor boy be
Oh mother dear please listen
And don't devour me

(Andy Summers)
Well, the telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
Telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
The telephone is screaming
Won't she leave me alone
The telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
Well, every girl that I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Every girl I go out with
Becomes my mother in the end
Well, I hear Mother calling
But I don't need her as a friend
Oh, oh, Mother
Oh, Mother, dear, please listen
And don't devour me
Oh, Mother, dear, please listen
And don't devour me
Oh, women, please have mercy
Let this poor boy be
Oh, Mother, dear, please listen
And don't devour me

Do you remember when I was a baby
Did I cry, did I cry
I only remember the days I was laughing
When you sang me sweet lullabies
When you sand me sweet bye and bye
Sometimes I wonder if you were an angel
Would you fly, would you fly
Or would you just hover right here by my side
Keeping me warm and dry
Keeping me safe by you side
Mother mother won't fall from grace
Light a room with the lines on your face
And if you were a river run dry
Well I'd sing you sweet bye and bye
All of the birds that land on my window
Sing your name, sing your name
When all of the time I am crying again
About how much the sky likes to rain
When I should be singing your name
And all of the flowers by the side of the road
They whisper your name while they grow
And if you were a river run dry

The word you learn to love The disapproval that you hate that's Mother from Mother
They teach you to respect... Makes you always want to please Mother Mother
The one who keeps you warm The one who keeps you warm And shelters you from harm And shelters you from harm Watch out she'll stunt your mind She'll open up your mind 'Til you emulate her kind To make you good and make you kind Is that Mother? Mother
Downstairs I don't know Downstairs I don't know If it's the springs in her bed Why I feel safe in my bed Or her joints I hear When I know I'm alone Creaking overhead She must be watching overhead Mother Mother
She'll twist the words you speak She'll kiss and say goodbye If she thinks you're near escape If you want to go away Mother Mother
So she clutches at her brood So she gathers up her brood And sits across its face And smiles into their face She sucks up all its energy She beams down vital energy And smothers their last breath She gave us out first breath Oh Mother Mother
The thing you grow to hate The love you won't forget

Over land and over sea
She reaches out to me
Weaving and threading the loom
>From womb to womb
Slaves and merchants
Pilgrims and thieves
Felt her hand and charted skys
By following her moon
Mother ... Mother ... Mother ...
Some came and built with stone and bone
Some planted fields on promised land
And harvested their dreams,
Then disappeared
As generations lose their memory
I'll try and remind my heart ...
And hope that it will set me free
Mother ... Mother ... Mother ...
Condeming my true nature
I stood outside of myself ... outside of myself
Conditioning is what made me
Lose sight of myself ... lose sight of myself ...
Lose sight
Ravens cry out,
Tides pull in,
Somehow she replenishes ...
Giving birth again

MOTHER CAN YOU HEAR ME MOTHER DO YOU CARE
MOTHER DON'T YOU TEAR ME MOTHER DO YOU SHARE
I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND ALL TIMES IN DREAMS MY RHYMES
MOTHER
MOTHER CAN YOU FEEL ME MOTHER DO YOU CARE
MOTHER DON'T YOU STEAL ME MOTHER DO YOU DARE
JUSTICE
MOTHER

Mother
This is my life
Sister
Come and take my life
You are obscene and you know it
I run from me and it shows
That's what you like me for, huh, sister
Crawling now on the floor
Do you like it
Sister
Mother
This is my life
Sister
Come and take my life
You are obscene and you know it
I run from you and it shows
That's what you like me for, huh, sister
Crawling now on the floor
Do you like it
Sister
You are me

Mother are you mad at me
Mother are you scared
That someday you will turn around
And look to find your blue-eyed boy's not there
But mother don't you worry
Mother don't you fret
Cos we've been through so much pain and joy and suffering
For me to forget
The times we had together
Times that were so full (??)
But time's gone by before my eyes
And I realise
Time was often cruel
So mother don't you worry
Mother don't you cry
Cos there'll come a day
When I will take the reins
From your fair hands and wave bye bye

You better love your mother
She's the only one you've got
Yes, you better love your mother
It's now or not
You better cup your hands with gratitude
'Cause your harmony is out of tune
You better cup your hands with gratitude
You better shake that funky attitude
You better love your mother
'Cause you know she's got the blues
Yes, you better love your mother
'Cause she's warming up to you
You better cup your hands with gratitude
'Cause your harmony is out of tune
You better cup your hands with gratitude
You better shake that funky attitude
You better shake that funky attitude
Just shake that funky attitude
C'mon and shake that funky attitude
You better shake that funky attitude

Don:
The summer I turned fifteen, I lied about my age so I could join AGVA -- you know....
THE NIGHT CLUB UNION,
'CAUSE I COULD MAKE SIXTY DOLLARS A WEEK
WORKING THESE STRIP JOINTS
OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY.
I WORKED THIS ONE CLUB FOR ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS STRAIGHT
AND I REALLY BECAME FRIENDLY WITH THIS STRIPPER.
Her name was Lola Latores and her dynamic, twin forty-fours. Well, she really took to me. I mean, we did share the only dressing room, and she did a lot of dressing....
ANYWAY, SHE USED TO COME AND PICK ME UP
AND DRIVE ME TO WORK NIGHTS.
WELL, THE NEIGHBORS WOULD ALL BE HANGING OUTSIDE
OF THEIR WINDOWS,
AND SHE'D DRIVE UP IN HER BIG PINK CADILLAC
CONVERTIBLE
AND....SMILE.
And I'd come tripping out of the house in my little tuxedo and my tap shoes in my hand and we'd drive off down the block with her long, flaming red hair just blowing in the wind.
(Don goes into pantomime and the other line people enter stage left. Each soloist is picked up in head spot as they sing their lines)
All:
GOODBYE TWELVE,
GOODBYE THIRTEEN,
HELLO LOVE.
Maggie:
WHY DO I PAY FOR ALL THOSE LESSONS?!
DANCE FOR GRAN'MA! DANCE FOR GRAN'MA!
(Chorus sings backup syllables under solo lines)
Bebe:
MY GOD, THAT STEVE MCQUEEN'S REAL SEXY,
BOB GOULET OUT,
STEVE MCQUEEN IN!
Cassie:
YOU CANNOT GO TO THE MOVIES
UNTIL YOU FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK.
WASH THE CAR,
Mike:
STOP PICKIN' YOUR NOSE.
Maggie:
OH DARLING, YOU'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO WEAR A BRA.
YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO HOLD IT UP.
Mark:
LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM WITH PEYTON PLACE.
(Chorus out)
Val:
TITS! WHEN AM I GONNA GROW TITS?
Bobby:
IF TROY DONAHUE COULD BE A MOVIE STAR, THEN I COULD BE A MOVIE STAR.
(the others have exited, Bobby joins them)
Don:
(Out of pantomime)
Well, when the guys on the block saw Lola, they all wanted to know what the story was, and I told them about this big hot romance we were having, but actually she was going with this....
(Don steps off stage, Judy moves forward from upstage left as she is picked up in a spot)
Judy:
LITTLE BRAT!
THAT'S WHAT MY SISTER WAS....
A LITTLE BRAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I SHAVED HER HEAD.
I'M GLAD I SHAVED HER HEAD.
BUT THEN MY FATHER LOST HIS JOB
SO WE HAD TO LEAVE EL PASO
AND WE WOUND UP IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.
WELL, IT WAS THE FURTHEST THING
FROM MY MIND
TO BE A DANCER,
BUT MY MOTHER WOULD EMBARRASS ME
SO WHEN SHE'D COME TO PICK ME UP
AT SCHOOL WITH ALL THOSE GREAT, BIG, YELLOW ROLLERS IN HER HAIR
NO MATTER HOW MUCH I BEGGED HER AND
SHE'D SAY:
'What are you, ashamed of your own mother?'
BUT THE THING THAT MADE MY DADDY LAUGH SO MUCH
WAS WHEN I USED TO JUMP AND DANCE AROUND THE LIVING ROOM....
(Judy goes into pantomime. The people who sing MOTHER have moved into formation with Maggie center. Lyrics are sung in counterpoint to end of the number)
Maggie:
PLEASE TAKE THIS MESSAGE
TO MOTHER FROM ME.
CARRY IT WITH YOU
ACROSS THE BLUE SEA.
'MOTHER, OH, MOTHER,
WHEREVER I GO
YOUR MAGGIE IS MISSIN' YOU SO.'
'MOTHER, OH, MOTHER
WHEREVER I GO
YOUR MAGGIE IS MISSIN' YOU SO.'
DAD WOULD TAKE MOM TO ROSELAND.
SHE'D COME HOME WITH HER SHOES IN HER HAND.
Diana:
MAMA FAT,
ALWAYS IN THE KITCHEN COOKING ALL THE TIME.
Sheila:
DARLING, I CAN TELL YOU NOW,
YOUR FATHER WENT THROUGH LIFE WITH AN OPEN FLY.
Val:
TITS! WHERE ARE MY TITS?
Cassie:
LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER.
THOSE STAGE AND MOVIE PEOPLE GOT THERE
BECAUSE THEY'RE SPECIAL.
Greg:
YOU TAKE AFTER YOUR FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY,
THE UGLY SIDE.
Paul:
WAIT UNTIL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME.
Don:
SWEAR TO GOD AND HOPE TO DIE.
(Lights fade on group, they join others to reform line facing upstage)

Mother, I wanted you here
Mother, breathing then disappeared
Father, holding this fragile bird
Whispers, watching, then not one word
And now I know I'll never see
My life the way I thought it would be
Mother, I pray my beautiful dream
Is where this finds you
I see your hands everywhere
Drawings and ghosts of things prepared
Where do you lay your head tonight
Do you wait for me or do you walk in sunlight
And now I know I'll never see
My life the way I thought it would be
Mother, I pray my beautiful dream
Is where this finds you
Images floating around my bed
Pictures of your face never leaving my head
When did you spirit take its flight
Did I see it, a ray of light
And now I know I'll never see
My life the way I thought it would be
Mother, I pray my beautiful dream
Is where this finds you
And now I know I'll never see
My life the way I thought it would be
Mother, I pray my beautiful dream

Mother, you had me but I never had you.
I, I wanted you, you didn't want me.
So i, I just gotta tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Father, you left me but I never left you.
I needed you, you didn't need me.
So i, I just gotta tell you, mm,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Children, don't do what I have done.
I couldn't walk and I tried to run.
So i, I just gotta tell you,
Goodbye, goodbye.
Mama, don't go,
Daddy, come home.
Mama, don't go,
Daddy, come home.
Mama, don't go,
Daddy, come home.
Mama, don't go,
Daddy, come home.
Mama, don't go,
Daddy, come home.

Written by Sting & Andy Summers
Once that you've decided on a killing
First you make a stone of your heart
And if you find that your hands are still willing
Then you can turn a murder into art
There really isn't any need for bloodshed
You just do it with a little more finesse
If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee
Then it avoids an awful lot of mess
It's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
Now if you have a taste for this experience
And you're flushed with your very first success
Then you must try a twosome or a threesome
And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less
Because murder is like anything you take to
It's a habit-forming need for more and more
You can bump off every member of your family
And anybody else you find a bore
Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious
In history's great dark hall of fame
All our greatest killers were industrious
At least the ones that we all know by name
But you can reach the top of your profession
If you become the leader of the land
For murder is the sport of the elected
And you don't need to lift a finger of your hand
Because it's murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your ABC
Murder by numbers, one, two, three
It's as easy to learn as your A, B, C, D, E

Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll like the song?
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Mother, should I build a wall?
Mother, should I run for President?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mamma, will they put me in firing line?
Is it just a waste of time?
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mother's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mamma's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mamma's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly but she might let you sing
Mamma's gonna keep baby cozy and warm
Ooh babe, ooh baby, ooh babe
Of course mother's gonna help build the wall
Momma, do you think she's good enough, for me?
Momma, do you think she's dangerous, to me?
Momma, will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother, will she break my heart?
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mamma's going to check out all your girlfriends for you
And mamma won't let anyone dirty get through
Mamma's gonna wait up until you come in
And mamma will always find out where you've been
Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooh babe, ooh baby, ooh babe
You'll always be baby to me

I am your mother,
Your flesh and blood, your family, yeah
And like no other
Until they bury me 6 foot deep
No matter what the future holds
And even know you just began to grow
Just know you'll always have your mother
The damage is done,
I never wanted things to work out this way
My little ones, how do I say how sorry I am
Some day you'll see the truth
And you'll come running back to me
Just know you'll always have your mother
You'll always have your mother
He lies to you, and...
He tries to find...
Should be crucified,... left to die
He paints an ugly picture of you and die
It's so far from truth
... see only when you hurt me
But... my love for you
I am your mother
Please understand why I had to leave
Pain was deep,
He was hurting me,
When you look in the sky at a shinning star
Listen to your heart and know who you are
And I'll always be your mother
I'll always be your mother

I wanta to be a good mother
But I don't know if I am
I wanta be like no other
Kind of mother, if I can
It took you nine months just to get here
It's taken nine more months for me
To figure out just how to get you through
The things you have to do
There will be more
I know I will

In a packed-in-leather life
I was foolish, you were right
All night rookies pass the time
Looking for somewhere to go
Shiny boots are up their thighs
[Chorus]
Mother in the night
Calling you, calling you
Mother in the night
Where are you, where are you now?
Mother's left the building
We're the missing children
Mother in the night
Where are you, where are you tonight?
Mother, may I stay all night?
Lift your curfew like the light
Collars turned against the cold
I'm looking for someone to hold
In your packed-in-leather night
[Chorus]
Mother in the night
Calling you, calling you
Mother in the night
Where are you, where are you now?
Mother's left the building
We're the missing children
Mother in the night
Where are you, where are you?
Now that I can't remember
I need you more than ever
Why can't we be together always?
Mother in the night
Mother in the night
Mother's left the building
We're the missing children
Mother in the night
Where are you, where are you now?
Mother in the night
Calling you, calling you
Mother in the night

Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way
Tell your children not to hear my words
what they mean
what they say
Mother
Mother
Can you keep them in the dark for life
Can you hide them from the waiting world
Oh Mother
Father
Gonna take your daughter out tonight
gonna show her my world
Oh Father
Not about to see your light
but if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
'till you're bleeding
Mother
Tell your children not to hold my hand
Tell your children not to understand
Oh Mother
Father
Do you wanna bang heads with me
Do you wanna feel everything
oh Father
Not about to see your light
but if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
'till you're bleeding

Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way
Tell your children not to hear my words
What they mean
What they say, mother
Mother
Can you keep them in the dark for life
Can you hide them from the waiting world
Oh mother
Father
Gonna take you daughter out tonight
Gonna show her my world
Oh father
Not about to see your light
But if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Till you're bleeding
Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's
Mother
Tell your children not to hold my hand
Tell your children not to understand
Oh mother
Father
Do you wanna bang heads with me
Do you wanna feel everything
Oh father
Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Till you're bleeding
Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's
Not about to see your light
But if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Till you're bleeding
Not about to see your light
And if you wanna find hell with me
I can show you what it's like
Wo-oh
Mother

And I can hear you
Callin' my name
Your healing hands
Smooth away the pain
And I can hear you
Whisperin' it'll be alright
You'll stay until the night
Breaks into day
You are my light in the dark
You stand beside me
You take my hand, show the way
You're here to guide me
You give me the strength, that I need
You give me shelter
You gave me life, you give me love
You are my Mother
And when you hear me
Callin' your name
(I hear your voice)
You touch me
With your chosen words
Everlastin' faith, everlastin' love
Is the greatest gift you have
Believin'
Understandin' me
You are my light in the dark
You stand beside me
You take my hand, show the way
You're here to guide me
You give me the strength, that I need
You give me shelter
You gave me life, you give me love
You are my Mother
Closer, closer
Closer to heaven are you
Closer closer
Closer to heaven are you
Closer, closer
Closer to heaven are you
You are my light in the dark
(You are my light)
You take my hand and show me the way
You give me the strength that I need
(Strength that I need)
You gave me life, you give me love
(Ooh I love you, I love you, I love)
You are my light in the dark
(Yes you are my light)
Take my hand and show me the way
You give me the strength that I need
(Strength I need)
You gave me your life, you give me love
(Oh, I love you more)
You are my light in the dark
(Oh I love you)
Take my hand and show me the way

still getting down well get over it come and talk about
it cause things are getting better
man, what's going on come and talk to me lay your body
down i want to know for sure
Mother cant you her them crying there's too many of
them crying so whats going on in the world today
Mother, Mother they're so stupid minded
still getting down just dont understand gotta find a
way there'll come a time i go to a place where nobody
really nobody understands me at all
Mother, Mother.. Father, Father of us who live this
life i wanna live this life save a childs life
we gotta save the world today gotta change a life one
by one
who really cares in the world today Father, Father you
got to survive it Mother, Mother save the babies love
give each other love save each other Father, Father
cant cha hear me crying i want to live this life save a
childs life
we gotta save the world today gotta try to live got to
survive it
who really cares in the world today Mother, Mother

Mother, I feel like all my days are numbered
Mother, I need some redemption
I remember when you took me down by the city lights
We used to stare at the red fading skies
You can cry, you can crawl
You can blame anyone
Every time you are up to no good
You can swallow your pride
You can unchain your mind
But I'm here to make sure
That you still got the will to carry on
Mother, I came home to surrender
Mother, I stand accused I have faltered
I watched all of our pictures fade on the wall
My eyes are empty like never before
You can cry, you can crawl
You can blame anyone
Every time you are up to no good
You can swallow your pride
You can unchain your mind
But I'm here to make sure
That you still got the will to carry on
someday, someday you'll see
Sound changes everything
Someday, someday you'll see
there's nothing to fear
Oh please don't you shed no tears
You can cry, you can crawl
You can blame anyone
Every time you are up to no good
You can swallow your pride
You can unchain your mind
Every time you are up to no good
You can cry, you can crawl
You can blame anyone
But I'm here to make sure

Where will I be
The day I need you for my own
Who will I be
When I can't reach you on the phone
Will I still be the same
Will I still feel this pain
Will you still be mother
When you're dead and gone
All alone on my own
Finally me
Without the mountains or the sea
Lord, what is to be
Why do my past just have to leave
I always loved your soul
I know I've been much too cold
We've had times of trouble
That were never told
When is it too late to say
That I loved you anyway
Will I still be proud
When you're dead and gone
All alone on my own
Oh mother, can't you see
That this fight is all about me
Why can't you understand that I'm a child
And a grown up woman
Mother can't you see
That this fight is all about me
You think that I'm wild
But I'm a woman and still a child
Disappointed and proud
I wish I dared to scream out loud
We've been the same
God give me words so I can explain
Don't say I never tried
Don't ever say I lied
Will I still be something
When you're dead and gone
Please try to ease my pain
So I can feel again
Say you always loved me
Before you're dead and gone
All alone on my own
But finally you won't be no other

mother
push-a push-a
square into a circle
there's-no there's-no
no-no-need
for you to worry
i'll be better when i'm older
i don't need no one to hold me
we all die the same way don't we
we'll all go to heaven won't we
that's what some old devil told me
i couldn't tell if he was joking
i bet he was
i bet he was
brother
you don't you don't
look like all the others
it don't it don't
matter it's just that it's wonder
everybody's getting younger
making love or making lovers
you're just waiting for your number
for someone to put you under
i won't laugh but it's quite funny
how you enjoy being unlucky
you know you do
i know you do
we know you do

Go go go go now
Out of the nest
It's time
Go go go now
Circus girl without a safety net
Here here now
Don't cry
You raised your hand for the assignment
Tuck those ribbons under your helmet
Be a good soldier
First my left foot
Then my right behind the other
Pantyhose
Running in the cold
Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on
Black Chariot for the redhead
Dancing dancing girl And when I dance for him
Somebody leave the light on just in case
I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from
I walked into your dream
And now I've forgotten how to dream my own dream
You are the clever one aren't you
Brides in veils for you
We told you all of our secrets
All but one
So don't you even try
The phone has been disconnected
Dripping with blood
And with time
And with your advice
Poison me against the moon
Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on
Black Chariot for the redhead
Dancing dancing girl And when I dance for him
Somebody leave the light on just in case
I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from
I escape into your escape
Into our very favorite fearscape
It's across the the sky
And across my heart
And I cross my legs
Oh my God
First my left foot
Then my right behind the other
Breadcrumbs lost under the snow
Mother
Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on
Somebody leave the light on just in case
I like the dancing

The tears of a crowd of very old children
I string them on a white hair
I throw the wet chain into the air
And wish that I had a mother
No sun shines for me
There was no breast that cried milk
There is a tube that sticks in my throat
I have no navel on my stomach, mother
I was not allowed to lick any nipples
And there was no fold to hide in
No one gave me a name
Fathered in haste and without sperm
For the mother who never gave birth to me
I have sworn tonight
I will send her a sickness
And afterwards make her sink in the river, mother
An eel lives in her lungs
On my forehead, a birthmark
Remove it with the kiss of a knife
Even if it causes me to die, mother
An eel lives in her lungs
On my forehead, a birthmark
Remove it with the kiss of a knife
Even if it causes me to bleed to death, mother

the way the street looked
dim and polluted
so have i felt when i walked upon
the way the air seemed
grey fog diluted
so do i feel when i'm breathed upon
ominous head spoke
you ain't so good
poorly the sow joked
trashed and words muttered
i want to be mothered
i want you to give
attention to my belly button
mother
i want to have
bobby pins stuck in my ears
and drown away the endless days
ridding soon the troubled ways
embedded down with a warm frown
in a wrong and impure dream
anchored down with a mermaid
in sound halcyon sea
lure me in her salt
liquid canyon far beneath
my mother savior
with her goddess touch

I know you are my mother
Misteriously you ride
Trought seasons and the ages
Join with you across the bades
Into the death
I'll reborn
Union grant as and will claim
She's the queen of the dark
Eternal Mother
Mournful Mother
Freewill Mother
Event of us all given of life
And given of death her shroud
is open wide to recieve our rotten corpse
funereal sign of new life
hearse proceed everyday
crown of flowers toward us
Eternal Mother
Mournful Mother

If only I could see again
The twinkle in my Mother's eyes.
To hear again her gentle voice
And have her hold me when I cry.
If only she could be here now
To help me free my troubled mind.
I wonder if my mother knows?
Although I've tried - no peace I find
It seems a hundred years ago
That when I'd cry she'd wipe my tears
And just like magic when I'd fall
She'd be right there to calm my fears
Oh Mom, If you could only see
The hurt and pain I'm going through
I must have cried ten million tears
Since the tears I cried when I lost you
I know you're never far away
I almost feel you close to me.
Oh how I'd love to hold your hand
Your loving smile, I'd love to see
But in my heart, you're still alive
I think about you everyday
Oh Mother dear, why did you die

-------------------------------------------------------
This war's a mother fucker
How many sons will will we kill today
On poors little brother
Tell me what the newsline from the ground
Your love is a killer
Killing all this love in me
We are so full of terror
Viscious kiss, your love is longing deep
Love love love wont starve
You don't
Love love love
Where the anger is hot
Where opinion is deep
Understanding is shot
Is dead, is dead, is dead
Where the linen is cheap
Where the weapons are not
Where all the mothers will be
Is dead, is dead, is dead
Will strike you down
Love love love
Will strike you down
Love love love
We're prone to a torture
I can't take it anymore
On poors little mother
Tell me what the newsline from the ground
Love love love
Love will strike you down

They killed a man for doing wrong today
When all he ever did in life was look the other way
And with his verdict someone heard him pray
The crowd gathered around to see the look on his face
Will they ever know, the last words he spoke.
He Cried "Mother!"
As the people stood and stared.
He Cried "Mother."
And no one seemed to care.
Early 25 years to his name
Only the good die young it's too hard to say
With a wife and child living back at home far from here
where he dies all alone
Will they ever know, the last words he spoke
He Cried "Mother!"
As the people stood and stared
He Cried "Mother."
Sounded like a prayer

Mother you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
But you didn't want me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Father you I left me
But I never left you
I needed you
You didn't need me
So I, I just got to tell you
I gotta tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Children don't do
What I have done
I couldn’t walk
But I tried to run
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mamma don't go
Daddy come home
Mamma don't go
Daddy come home
Mamma don't go
Daddy come home
Mamma don't go
Daddy come home
Mamma don't go

She prayed on my soul
She cried for money by the wishing well
But some things are hard
Father gave me
No more of is heart
Though I'll sleep on it today
If you find me don't give me away
Mother, mother, we're holding each other
I love you, I love you
You gave me life you cared for me
So strange singing in the street
You'd think someone would hold my hand
Money means nothing
It will stain her, she will bleed from it
Oh I'll sleep on it today, if you find me don't give me away
Mother, mother
We're holding each other
I love you, I love you
You gave me life you cared for me
Mother, mother
There'll be no other
I love you, I love you

Mother look at youself
Are that scars on your body the traces of a spell?
Just like that finger you cannot move
What have you gotten yourself into?
Well it's easy to tell
Mother what are you trying to achieve?
Always telling lies and hurting me
You're messing-up your life
As if that's not enough you're trying to mess up mine
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away from me
You better love me from a distance
Mother the devil came right through your veins
To settle down in your brain
All your actions are under his control
'Cause to him you sold your soul
Tell me mother how can I ever trust you again?
Since with you every good meal has a bad aftertaste
As much as I wanna let you back into my life
I just can't 'cause I got to protect myself from you
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away from me
You better love me from a distance
I love you and it will always be that way
That's why it hurts so bad to see you drag down and throwing it all away
As much as I wanna be clos to you
I just can't 'cause seeing you like that is unbearable
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away
Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away from me

Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb
Mother do you think they'll like this song
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls
Oo-ah, Mother should I build a wall
Mother should I run for president
Mother should I trust the government
Mother will they put me in the firing line
Oo-ah, is it just a waste of time
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly but she might let you sing
Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and warm
Oo, babe, oo babe, oo babe
Of course mama's gonna help build the wall
Mother do you think she's good enough for me
Mother do you think she's dangerous to me
Mother will she tear your little boy apart
Oo-ah, Mother will she break my heart
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Mama won't let anyone dirty get through
Mama's gonna wait up till you get in
Mama will always find out where you've been
Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Oo, babe, oo babe oo babe
You'll always be a baby to me

Born as a rebel, I turn the heavens with your touch
Every little single time I don't spill the promise much.
I'm still trying to get to a point you want me to be.
I still remember how much you fought the hell for me.
But don't you feel that I'm not ever feeling hard
'Cause sometimes I just feel like I'm falling apart.
Got this life,
Every step to fight
I'm back with the hunch, a feeling that cuts inside.
You'll be there showing me a way.
'Cause I'm not stopping 'till I see the end.
There were days when togetherness was a must for me.
But now I know that you were always into me.
Got through hell reached a place that was so vague,
Thought to change but this world was too much to take.
But I didn't ever think about the promises,
'Cause they were just right there where you wanted them.
Got this life,
Every step to fight
I'm back with the hunch, a feeling that cuts inside.
You'll be there showing me a way.
'Cause I'm not stopping 'till I see the end.
'Till I see the end...
Why did you fight for the things that you couldn't face.
But don't you feel that I'm not ever feeling hard
'Cause sometimes I just feel like I'm falling apart.
Got this life,
Every step to fight
I'm back with the hunch, a feeling that cuts inside.
You'll be there showing me a way.

Driving down the concrete beams
Looking around and it now seems
Mama Earth is nowhere, gone from your eyes
Hidden in the crust of man's scientific dreams
She is gone
Natural man took her natural face
Made it a strange and alien place
You can't bear to look 'cause she ain't there, hey, hey
Our Mother has been raped and left to die in disgrace

R. Williams
good-bye dreamer, insane stranger on the shore
There is no one left here, not a soul
Aid the confusion, expecting nothing
Not a soul
O, Mother, could I come back to you?
A terrible vision of order out of control
In accordance with human history
Here in the company of death
We approach - new graves, divided for love's sake
Refined in rapture - ready to fly or to die
Mother could I come back to you?
I'm lifted up into the presence of divine forces
Mother
Open-mouthed in magnificence and beauty
Mother
Or shall we sufer the same fate as all the others
Stuck on a plane which does not suit them
Lost in thought, forgetful of primitive desire
Good-bye dreamer, not a soul
Mother, could I come back to you?
Mother, could I come back through you?
Mother, could I come back to you?
The animals - I know how you make out
Welling with authority, vilely enthusiastic, enduring bitterness
"My husband's been dead for five years, though largely unobserved"
The demons, the clowns are gone
..And so is my Mother
Mother, could I come back to you?
Mother, could I come back through you?
Mother, could I come back to you?
O, Mother, could I crawl into you?
Back into you
O, Mother
O, Mother could I come back to you?

For nine months you carried me softly inside you
And harbored me there safe and warm
And picked out my names and bought new picture frames
And I'm sure only God loved me more.
Kicking and screaming I came to life dreaming
And loving the sounds of your words.
But pretty soon I had a mind of my own
And a voice speaking out to be heard.
Oh, Mother, mother, we started out with a bang
Oh, Mother, mother, its funny how quickly things changed
You feel you gave up too much to be with me
And you never had enough help
Your middle ages and your mid-life rages
Do you feel that you’ve lost yourself?
And you try to control me and manipulate me
But love is a much stronger tool
So speak to me kindly and show some respect
And I promise I'll show some to you...
Oh, Mother, mother, your picture’s up there on the wall.
Oh, Mother, mother, but its like I don’t know you at all.
For whatever reason mother & daughter
Live on a double-edged sword.
One day I love you, the next day I hate you
Until we don’t talk anymore
As my daughter’s blue eyes and
They stare back up at me.
And I love them more than my own breath.
Times gonna tell if I have listened well
If I’ve learned anything from all this
Oh, Mother, mother, I know there’s more to you than this
Oh, Mother, oh, mother, do you think that we could be friends