Mama never told me

About things that papa used to do

We thought he loved us so

Woah oh

Woah oh



Always digging trenches, making fences

To stop the rain it came a dashing down

Woah oh

Woah oh



Mama never told me

Mama never said

Mama never told me

Mama never said

(repeat)



Mama never told me

About things that papa used to do

I thought he loved us so

Woah oh

Woah oh



Always digging trenches, making fences

To stop the rain it came a dashing down

Woah oh

Woah oh



Then I grew older no longer a child

But a man in search for love and truth

Woah oh

Woah oh



Papa was a drinker

And he died when a whisky bottle got his knees

His brother's name was Joe



Well the years passed and life grew harder

And then one day the rains came and washed all the crops away

We tried our best to carry on, my mother and me

But it didn't work

I couldn't hide the tears



Mama never told me

Mama never said

Mama never told me

Mama never said



Mama never told me

About things papa used to do

I thought he loved us so



Mama never told me

Mama never said

Mama never told me

Mama never said