Mama Gets High Lyrics - Blood Sweat & Tears

Mama gets high when a good man in the morning 

Gives her tea and feeds her milk and apple pie 

Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and 

Has left her with that sweet ol' bye and bye 

Mama couldn't pay the rent 

The price of booze's no cheaper 

Lonely nights are often spent 

In billiard halls and bar-room brawls 

Mama gets by but her men find her saying 

You're good but you ain't like you used to be 

Mama don't cry when it's dues that she's paying 

It's him she's waiting by that door to see 

Turn your light down low, woman 

Mama, mama, ooh 

Mama, mama, mama 

Mama still remembers his eyes 

Like a road map of New York City 

She always had forgiven his lies 

She loved that man and then he ran 

I tell you mama gets high when a good man in the morning 

Gives her tea and feeds her milk and apple pie 

Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and 

Has left her with that sweet ol' bye and bye 

Hi mama, I think I'd better say just one more time 

Bayou-by 

Bayou-by 

Bayou-by 

Oh bye bye