Mama & Me Lyrics - Nellie Mckay

It's just my mama and me 

And though I know it may be 

Hard to be mama and me 

Well we got time 

Time time 

With my mom by my side 

I know I'll always survive 

We'll never give up the fight 

Cause we got time 

Time time time 

I didn't wanna go 

So far from home 

But it was time you know 

Children got to roam 

But now I need her so 

She's my mom 

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There's a lotta things that I'm proud of in this world 

I got a pinch of Shirley Chisholm 

And a sprinkle of That Girl 

Are you lookin at me 

Cuz there's no one else here 

I'm a legally blonde 3 

The curse of the big hair 

And now the critics've weighed in 

Well it's time to give credit 

To the person who's the limit 

Although she's never said it 

To whom I am indebted 

Who cuts the final edit 

She's my mama mama mama and I want you all to get it 

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It's just my mama and me 

And though I know it may be 

Hard to be mama and me 

Well we got time 

Time time 

With my mom by my side 

I know I'll always do right 

We'll never give up the fight 

Cause we got time 

Time time time 

So hold on 

Hold tight 

This meetin's adjourned 

For people with degrees 

You got a lot to learn 

We been earnin jack shit man 

Feelin the burn 

Lost the girdle 

Jumped the hurdle 

So now it's our turn 

See I been livin with my mama 

Since I was an embryo 

Never had Nintendo 

Saw a lot of Brecht though 

I only knew you since Jewel went techno 

You think I'm gonna listen and write you a check 

No 

I felt so small 

Barely big enough to crawl 

My mother would call me 

As I stalled by the wall 

Of the daycare I was placed in 

While she's making low wages 

And my granny's tracin those crazy sad faces 

That I taste in my soul 

Old as coal in the mountains 

Movin over me slowly 

Scoldin me when I'm lonely 

And waiting for mama 

To enfold me and hold me 

As she told me 

We were gonna be okay 

It's just my mama and me 

And though I know it may be 

Hard to be mama and me 

Well we got time 

Time time 

With my mom by my side 

I know I'll always do right 

We'll never give up the fight 

Cause we got time 

Time time time 

I think back to those days 

It makes me so mad 

Can't even fathom 

The chasm she had to collapse 

I'm an educated woman 

But I wanna attack 

Wanna slap my granddad 

Wanna wack my dad 

Where were you 

When we were at the welfare office 

The atmosphere's toxic 

The clerks are obnoxious 

The kids nosh on chocolate 

Chompin their losses 

Can't even charge the clothes 

So play with osh b'gosh boxes 

Those bruises 

Short fuses 

Of bad guys 

And black eyes 

The losin 

The oozing 

Of blood down your right thigh 

The wantin to die 

With your nose broken 

Heart chokin 

Hitchin a ride with a 

Chain smoking 

Plain spoken 

Gent who's gonna drive you 

As far as he can 

But he ain't got the rent 

And you ain't got a man 

What now mama 

Tell me you got a plan 

We're gonna make little darlin 

With a government grant 

It's just my mama and me 

And though I know it may be 

Hard to be mama and me 

Well we got time 

Time time 

With my mom by my side 

I know I'll always survive 

We'll never give up the fight 

Cause we got time 

Time time time 

I didn't wanna go 

So far from home 

But it was time you know 

Mom needs time alone 

But now I need her so 

She's my mom