Last night I spent a night on the town
- mama don't know it, daddy don't know it -
a cocktail waitress turned me upside down
(then she said I'd be her lover and darling)

2 a.m. I'd board the silver train
- mama don't know it, daddy don't know it -
only to find her with her whips and chains
then she said I'd be her one night stand 'cos

Chorus:
I'm living on my own (he's living on his own)
out a dusk and out at dawn to wake the morning sun
(he's living on his own) I'm living on my own
(he's never going home till the night's gone)

I let the dished pile up in the sink
- mama don't know it, daddy don't know it -
don't need to justify the bathroom stink
(cos' I have broken out of teenage guidance)

no one left to say what I should it
- mama don't know it, daddy don't know it -
don't like vegetables only meat
that's why I feel like a cat in heat, yeah

this is just the way I live my life
I don't need a mother or a wife 'cos

Chorus

some say I'm cruel and at times I'm mean
- mama don't know it, daddy don't know it -
I'd pick up a chick to get the homeground clean
that's just the way that I want to be, yeah

Chorus