When I was young and pushed around

And beaten up and beaten down

Who'd I run to mama tell me who 



And as I grew to be a man

And all the world held such èlan

I did what I thought I just had to do 



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It was you mama you, it was you all along

It was you I ran away from I was wrong

And if I could I'd change my life

I swear to God I'd cut it out with a knife

And with a glue stick I'd reapply it in a song 



And laid back Kerouac never no a heart attack

Drinking and thinking about the place that he ran back to

The moloch is an old man the moloch is a love-lack

Bending for a quick snack remembering his friend Jack

And mama sometimes I remember you 



Chorus 



Man loves woman

Mother loves child

Sometimes I call my lady mama

So I can feel at home for a while

So I can feel at home for a while 



Looking around at all the Mellencamp towns

The excuses and the nooses where the coffee grounds 

I found places and traces of a storybook world

And I went out there for a ride

On the misty coast but the holy host 

Is under Mickey D's American flag and it's unfurled 



Chorus 



Man loves woman sometimes

Mother loves child

Sometimes I call my lady mama

So I can feel at home for a while

So I can feel at home for a while