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Mama Don t Understand lyrics
My mama don t understand
She s impossible to the core
Now she says that she s gettin married
He s a friend of a friend of the boy next door

He s got all of the best intentions
Half of a school degree
When he does his song and dancin
They know they can be happy as the shows on TV

She needs a change, she wants a life
Where she can grow and they can thrive
Some kind of space of her own

A different view, another slant
Another way, another chance
To get on with her life

(Mama she don t understand)
Mama she don t
She don t even know
She don t know
She don t understand

She s gotta know
If she can cut life on her own
But like the man says
"You can never go home again"

You gotta come see the new place
Mom, you re gonna feel right at home
Could you just front that deposit
Mama, we ll pay you back when the welfare check comes

Nothin s gone as expected
No one knows all the trouble we ve seen
But we ll pull ourselves together
It s the two of us now, of course, baby makes three

A little luck, an even break
We ll find a way to have our cake
And even eat a piece or two

We ll show you how
We re winnin now
We ll live it up
Can t keep em down

She don t understand me
Don t understand me

So mama, please understand
(Mama, please understand)
If it s possible, we implore
Could we just move in these few things
We won t get in the way and we ll sleep on the floor

Cuz, times have been getting tougher
(Times have been getting tough)
It s an unfriendly world outside
They say things will pick up by summer
Can we borrow the car, will you watch little Clyde
Thanks a lot

Mama don t understand
Mama don t understand me

Mama don t understand
Mama don t understand me
(Mama don t understand me)
(Mama don t understand me, no)

Mama don t understand
She don t understand me
(Mama don t understand me)
(Mama, she don t understand me, yeah)
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