Mama, she has taught me well....Told me when I's young
Son, your life's an open book....Don't close it 'fore it's done
The brightest flame burns quickest...That's what I heard her say
A son's heart's owed to mother.......But I must find my way
Let my heart go.....Let your son grow
Mama, let my heart go.....Or let this heart be still
"Rebel", my new last name.......Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck.....The mark that still remains
left home at an early age...Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgivenes.....But what is said is done
Never I ask of you......What never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave....Never I ask of you
But never I gave.....But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave.....So let this heart be still
Mama, now I'm coming home....I'm not all you wished of me
But a mother's love for her son.......Unspoken, help me be
Oh Yeah I took your love for granted....And all the things you said to me
I need your arms to welcome me....But a cold stone's all I see
You never let my heart go.....So let this heart be still
Never I ask of you......But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave...Never I ask of you
But never I gave...But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave...So let this heart be still

                    Mama Said
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