Song about mothers and there never ending will to learn there kids right.
I'm just a 56 year old cement mixer driver who gets laid off every winter for 3 months.I enjoy writing songs and recording them myself at home on my 8 track Boss BR864 recorder.It's just another one of my many hobbies.I just do it for kicks.Just laid back musical enjoyment.
I have lots of originals and collabs on my page.My originals are are true stories about me,or people I know,or how I feel about things.Collabs are all efforts of me and my Soundclick friends.Doing collabs is my favorite thing here on Soundclick.Hope ya enjoy some of the tunes.
Lyrics
(c)Laurel Varner 2004 MAMA TOLD ME SO
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY ,I NEVER WOULD ZIP UP MY COAT
LIKE MY MAMA TOLD ME TO ,WHEN I WENT OUT IN THE COLD ,
SO SOONER OR LATER I'D GET SICK ,END UP WITH A RUNNY NOSE
AND IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO EAT THOSE WORDS ,,SON I TOLD YOU SO
NOW MAMA DIDN'T LIKE FOR ME ,TO PLAY IN MY SCHOOL CLOTHES
BUT I WOULD SNEAK OUT ANYWAY ,WIND UP MUD FROM HEAD TO TOE
MAMA WOULD HIDE BEHIND THE DOOR ,AS I WAS SNEAK'IN IN REAL SLOW
AND ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO EAT THOSE WORDS ,,SON I TOLD YOU SO
(CHORUS)
WHEN YOUR YOUNG YOU TRY TO GET AWAY ,WITH ALL YOU THINK YOU CAN
THATS THE WAY IT IS WHEN YOUR A BOY ,TILL YOU TURN INTO A MAN
BUT IN THE MEANTIME YOUR MAMA'S TRY'IN ,TO HELP YOU ALONG YOUR WAY
AND HER WORDS ,SON I TOLD YOU SO ,IS HER FAVORITE THING TO SAY
(LEAD)
MAMA SAID SON DONT BE THROW'IN ROCKS ,WHEN YOU GO OUT TO PLAY
BUT I DIDN'T LISTEN TO HER WORDS ,I DID IT ANYWAY
ON THE WRONG END OF A HICKORY STICK , MAMA'S EYES A FIERY GLOW
MAMA SCREAM'IN SOMETHIN BOUT BROKEN GLASS, AND ,,SON I TOLD YOU SO
MY MAMA ALWAYS SAID BE CAREFULL ,WHEN I TOOK OFF IN MY CAR
I 'D REMIND HER HOW GOOD A DRIVER I WAS ,AND I WOULDN'T GO TOO FAR
WHEN I LOST CONTROLL AND ENDED UP ,UPSIDE DOWN IN THE SNOW
MY MAMA'S WORDS WERE GO'IN THROUGH MY HEAD ,,SON I TOLD YOU SO
(CHORUS 2)
WHEN YOUR YOUNG YOU DONT WANT TO LISTEN ,TO WHAT YOUR MAMA HAS TO SAY
YOU 'VE ALREADY GOT IT IN YOUR HEAD ,TO DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY
BUT EVERY BAD DECISION THAT YOU MAKE , A LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU WILL KNOW
YOUR GONNA BE EATEN YOUR MAMA'S WORDS ,WHEN SHE SAYS ,,SON I TOLD YOU SO
(LEAD)
MAMA TOLD ME ABOUT THE BIRDS AND BEE'S , SAID BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU DO
IF YOU DONT WATCH YOUR STEP SON ,YOU'LL BE A DADDY BEFORE YOU WANT TO
BUT I JUST WOULDN'T LISTEN ,CAUSE I HAD OATS TO SOW
THE REST IS FAMILY HISTORY LIKE MY MAMA TOLD ME SO
NOW MARRIED WITH KIDS AND OLDER ,MY MAMA FINALLY SET ME FREE
I REALIZE ALL SHE WAS DO'IN ,WAS TRY'IN TO TAKE CARE OF ME
SHE WAS DO'IN HER JOB TRY'IN TO TEACH ME ,ALL THE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW
THE MAIN REASON SHE WENT THROUGH IT ALL ,WAS CAUSE MY MAMA LOVED ME SO
