Run back to your mother   Tell her all the cool things that I did   Comes as no surprise to her   I was never smooth enough for her kid      A mother knows what's best she said   A mother knows what's good   So run back to your mother   She always said you would      Happenstance we fell into   Off the cuff, the trite remarks   All I ever wanted was   To make you so damn happy      But the mother knows what's best she said   Her mother knows what's right   So run back to your mother   Out of mind, out of sight      Think, think for your self   Think it through   Don't let her live for you   Think, think for yourself   Think of me   Think of what I'm saying   Think, think for yourself   Think, think for yourself   Think for yourself, and come back to me      When it happened, as it happened   It was the worst thing I've ever felt   Someday in your cul-de-sac   You'll realize what it meant      A mother knows what's best she said   You ballerina girls   So run back to your mother   Like a good little girl      Think, think for your self   Think it through   Don't let her live for you   Think, think for yourself   Think of me   Think of what I'm saying   Think, think for yourself   Think for yourself   Think for yourself, and come back to me