Blood Sweat Tears Mama Gets High Lyrics

Mama Gets High Lyrics

Mama gets high when a good man in the morning



Gives her tea and takes her milk and apple pie



Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and



Has left her with that sweet ol' "bye and bye"







Mama couldn't pay the rent



The price of booze no cheaper



Lonely nights are often spent



In Billiard Halls and bar-room brawls







Mama gets by, but her men find her saying 



You're good, but you ain't like you used to be



Mama don't cry when it's dues that she's paying



It's him she's waiting by that door to see







Turn your light down low, woman







Mama, Mama, oooh



Mama, Mama







Mama still remembers his eyes



Like a road map of New York city



She always had forgiven his lies



She loved that man, and then he ran







I tell you Mama gets high when a good man in the morning



Gives her tea and takes her milk and apple pie



Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and



Has left her with that sweet ol' "bye and bye"







Hi Mama, I think I'd better say just one more time



Bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by,
bayou-by



Oh bye bye