Mama Don't Cry

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Come on, boy, you've gotta row, my heart is all at sea Come on, wind, you've gotta blow my baby back to me 'Cause he rowed out a boy, come on home a man I waited night after night, feeling half of who I am [Break] Ooh-Ooh-Ooh, Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh [Verse 2] Come on, son, you've gotta wed, now find yourself a girl Maybe it's all in my head now, or out there in the world But I dream of a boat, coming empty as a grave Coming night after night, coming wave after wave [Break] Ooh-Ooh-Ooh, Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh [Chorus] Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry Nobody's gonna wipe your eye Mama don't pray, Mama don't pray, pray Nobody'll hear a word you say Mama don't wake, Mama wake no more Nobody walking through the door Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry Nobody's gonna wipe your eye [Verse 3] Come on, son, you've gotta reap now, reap what you have sown Come on, I've gotta sleep now, and I can't sleep alone But I worked you like a man when you were only a child Growing cold in the hills, getting old before your time [Break] Ooh-Ooh-Ooh, Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh [Verse 4] Maybe your daddy was wrong not to treat you like a man Now that your daddy is gone, I'm doing the best I can But you rowed out angry, you were churning like a wave And now I dream of a boat, coming empty as a grave [Break] Ooh-Ooh-Ooh, Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh-Ooh [Chorus] Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry Nobody's gonna wipe your eye Mama don't pray, Mama don't pray, pray Nobody'll hear a word you say Mama don't wake, Mama wake no more Nobody walking through the door Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry Nobody's gonna wipe your eye [Outro] Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry (Even if you swim hard, hard, hard, it keeps dragging you down, down, down, down) Nobody's gonna wipe your eye Mama don't pray, Mama don't pray, pray Nobody'll hear a word you say Mama don't wake, Mama wake no more (Even if you swim hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, it keeps dragging you down, down, down, down) Nobody walking through the door Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry Nobody's gonna wipe your eye Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry (Even if you swim hard, hard, hard, it keeps dragging you down, down, down, down) Nobody's gonna wipe your eye Mama don't pray, Mama don't pray, pray Nobody'll hear a word you say Mama don't wake, Mama wake no more (Even if you swim hard, hard, hard, hard, hard, it keeps dragging you down, down, down, down) Nobody walking through the door Mama don't cry, Mama don't cry, cry Nobody's gonna wipe your eye