MAMA AND ME
by Nellie McKay
Copyright Notice: Nellie McKay, "Pretty Little Head," © 2005 Sony/BMG Music Entertainment
i don't want to be here
i want a pony
it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always survive
we'll never give up the fight
cause we got time
time time time
i didn't wanna go
so far from home
but it was time you know
children got to roam
but now i need her so
she's my mom
there's a lotta things that i'm proud of in this world
i got a pinch of shirley chisholm
and a sprinkle of that girl
are you lookin at me
cuz there's no one else here
i'm a legally blonde 3
the curse of the big hair
and now the critics've weighed in
well it's time to give credit
to the person who's the limit
although she's never said it
to whom i am indebted
who cuts the final edit
it's my mama mama mama and i want you all to get it
it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always do right
we'll never give up the fight
'cause we got time
time time time
so hold on
hold tight
this meetin's adjourned
for people with degrees
you got a lot to learn
we been earnin jack shit man
feelin the burn
lost the girdle
jumped the hurdle
so now it's our turn
see i been livin with my mama
since i was an embryo
never had nintendo
saw a lot of brecht though
i only known you since jewel went techno
you think i'm gonna listen or write you a check
no
i felt so small
barely big enough to crawl
my mother would call me
as i stalled by the wall
of the daycare i was placed in
while she's makin low wages
and my granny's tracin those crazy sad faces
that i taste in my soul
old as coal in the mountains
moldin over me slowly
scoldin me when i'm lonely
and waitin for mama
to enfold me and hold me
as she told me
we were gonna be okay
it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always do right
we'll never give up the fight
cause we got time
time time time
i think back to those days
it makes me so mad
can't even fathom
the chasm she had to collapse
i'm an educated woman
but i wanna attack
wanna slap my grandad
wanna wack my dad
where were you
when we were at the welfare office
the atmosphere's toxic
the clerks are obnoxious
the kids nosh on chocolate
chompin their losses
can't even charge the clothes
so play with osh b'gosh boxes
those bruises
short fuses
of bad guys
and black eyes
the losin
the oozin of blood down your right thigh
the wantin to die
with your nose broken
heart chokin
hitchin a ride with a
chain-smokin
plain spoken
gent who's gonna drive you
as far as he can
but he ain't got the rent
and you ain't got a man
what now mama
tell me you got a plan
we're gonna make it little darlin
with a government grant
it's just my mama and me
and though i know it may be
hard to be mama and me
well we got time
time time
with my mom by my side
i know i'll always survive
we'll never give up the fight
cause we got time
time time time
i didn't wanna go
so far from home
but it was time you know
mom needs time alone
but now i need her so
she's my mom
i hate you mother
leave me alone
i love you mommy
i love you mommy
i love you mommy
i want a suicide pill
get me a suicide pill mommy
i want to die with you
i want to die with you
you bitch, get me a suicide pill