| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| Don’t mess me around
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| Don’t bring me down
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| The whip and the slap ripped the shirt off my back
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| My skin did dry up and crack
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| I’ve coconut shells for shoes on my feet
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| Talk about the state I’m in and these are the things I’m thinking about
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| Hey!
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| Don’t mess me around
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| Don’t bring me down
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| The whip and the slap ripped the shirt off my back
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| My skin did dry up and crack
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| I’ve coconut shells for shoes on my feet
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| Talk about the state I’m in and these are the things I’m thinking about
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| Hey!
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| Hup hup hup hup
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| Don’t mess me around
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| Don’t bring me down
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| (Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter)
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| Don’t mess me around
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| Ooh she said, you she said, me I said, yes she said
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| (Mother Mother, take me to where life’s sweeter)
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| Don’t bring me down |