NOT LIKE MAMA TOLD ME

		  (1)

AS A LITTLE BOY (GIRL)  I USED TO DREAM OF GROWING UP.
MAMA TOLD ME OF A FUTURE I WAS IMPATIENT TO SEE.
SHE SAID THERE WAS SOMEONE WAITING JUST FOR ME.
I'M WONDERIN' NOW IF MAMA WAS LYING TO ME.

	         CHORUS
NO,  IT'S NOT LIKE MAMA TOLD ME IT WOULD BE.
THESE LONELY DAYS & SLEEPLESS NIGHTS 
ARE KILLIN' ME.
SHE SAID LOVE WOULD BE SO SWEET AND HEAVENLY.
BUT,  IT'S NOT LIKE MAMA TOLD ME IT WOULD BE.

                  (2)
I THOUGHT MAMA KNEW MOST EVERYTHING WHEN I
WAS YOUNG.SHE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE AN ANSWER
FOR EVERY QUESTION I HAD.
SHE FORGOT TO TELL ME I'D HAVE DAYS LIKE THIS
SHE TOLD ME ALL THE GOOD THINGS AND LEFT OUT THE BAD.

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(c) Words & Music Frank Zaruba