hello mama hello mama it’s me
how you feeling mama
hmhmm that’s alright
i’ve got something i want to talk to you about
if you don’t mind
and i ain’t mad mama no no no no
wait a minute listen mama
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
the only thing i could do half right and now it’s turning out all wrong mama
look what they done to my song
now listen if you please
wish i could find a good book i’d like to live in the thing now
wish i could find a good book now hey hey hey
if i could find a real good book you know i
i’d never have to come out and look
at what they done to my song
look what they done to my brain ma
look what they done to my brain
oh mama it’s a shame you won’t believe this but it’s true
they picked it like a chicken bone and i’mah just about to go insane mama
look what they done to my brain
now girls if you don’t mind i’d like to hear that some french
ils ont change ma chanson ma
ooh not bad
ils ont change ma chanson
uhhuh let me see here franglish gibberish
ills ont change ma chanson
my french must be pretty bad i better do this in english
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
put it in a plastic bag and they turned the bag upside down ma
look what they done to my song
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maybe it’s alright
maybe it’s ok i don’t know
but i tell ya
if my tears were money i’d be a millionaire today
you know the only thing i get to have right now it’s turning out all wrong mama
you can’t believe what they’ve done to my song ma that i wrote myself
they put it in a plastic bag and they turned the bag upside down mama
lord if i could find a good book
i’d never have to come out and look at uh
what they trying to do to my brain
it’s a shame mama you see they
they done pick it like a chicken bone
and i’mah just about to go insane
i’m insane insane mama
i’m going crazy mama that’s what it is
lord knows i don’t care what they done to my song
no i don’t care about that but see
the main thing mama
what they trying to do to me
you see well they stole everything i had mama
and they made a million with it and you know that hurts
but oh i’m gonna keep on working on the building
just like you taught me mama
whoah yes i will yes i will yeah
whoah mama
mamamamamamamama
Artist: Ray Charles
Year: 1972
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 238