Mother, don't you recognize your son?      Coming home, yeah yeah,   Getting home, 'cause I failed you, mother,      I'll be there in the morning   If you have me back   The rent up here is much too high   For a room without a tap   A room without a tap      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   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      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      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