Mother don't you recognize your son, ooh hoo      Coming home, yeah yeah   Getting home, 'cause I failed you Mother, hmm-mmm      I'll be there in the mornin'   If you have me back   The rent up here is much too high    For a room without a tap   A room without a tap, hoo      I'll be early in the morning    And I'll find my way back home   Back home bad 'n' ruin   With my tail between my legs   Tail between my legs   And I'll be so tired   I'll be so tired, now listen      I'll be early tomorrow morning    And I'll fall down off my plane   Don't be embarrassed mother   By your ugly worn-out son, hmm   Your ugly worn-out son.      So just let me warn you   Mother, you won't recognize me now   Mother, you won't recognize me now   Mother, you won't recognize me now, hoo      And I'll be down on Cannon[?] street   Passport in my hand   Should you could not recognize me   I've heavily made-up eyes      Momma, you won't recognize me now   Brother, you won't recognize me now   Hello there   Sister, you won't recognize me now   Mother, you won't recognize me now   Ooh, hoo      So mother when you've seen me   Don't forget I'm your boy too   I know my brother has done you proud   He's one foot in the grave   Mother don't you recognize me now ?      I'm a burglar in the first degree   But it don't seem to worry me   I'll be so tired, so tired   I'll be so tired, so tired   So Tired