When I was young and pushed around   And beaten up and beaten down   Who'd I run to mama tell me who      And as I grew to be a man   And all the world held such ?lan   I did what I thought I just had to do      It was you mama you, it was you all along   It was you I ran away from I was wrong   And if I could I'd change my life   I swear to God I'd cut it out with a knife   And with a glue stick I'd reapply it in a song      And laid back Kerouac never had no heart attack   Drinking and thinking about the place that he ran back to   The Moloch is an old man the Moloch is a love-lack   Bending for a quick snack remembering his friend Jack   Mama sometimes and I remember you      It was you mama you, it was you all along   It was you I ran away from I was wrong   And if I could I'd change my life   I swear to God I'd cut it out with a knife   And with a glue stick I'd reapply it in a song      Man loves woman   Mother loves child   Sometimes I call my lady mama   So I can feel at home for a while   So I can feel at home for a while      Looking around at all the Mellencamp towns   The excuses and the nooses where the coffee grounds   I found places and traces of a storybook world   And I went out there for a ride   On the misty coast but the holy host   Is under a Mickey D's American flag and it's unfurled      It was you mama you, it was you all along   It was you I ran away from I was wrong   And if I could I'd change my life   I swear to God I'd cut it out with a knife   And with a glue stick I'd reapply it in a song      Man loves woman   Mother loves child   Sometimes I call my lady mama   So I can feel at home for a while   So I can feel at home for a while