Did He Jump/unfree Child/mommy's Gone Lyrics - Singles - Zounds

Who was that on the window ledge? 

Did he jump or was he pushed? 

He left a note which no one read 

In desperate hand the note just said: 

"Never turn my back on society 

Society turn is back on me. 

Never tried once to drop out, 

I just couldn't get in from the start." 

The children all played clever games 

The grown-ups gave them clever names 

Turned them all from very young 

On to the drug competition 

Feed them T.V. everyday 

Teach them just how they should play 

For the ones that start to stray 

Cut them off till they obey 

Our little friend was not the type 

To want to have to stand and fight 

Bully boys all could pick 

Upon the lonely little kid 

The grown ups all looked hard and long 

Said "He's got two feet he can stand on" 

We never like the sickly ones 

The boisterous ones are much more fun 

He found it hard to socialize 

Cause when he laughed or want he cried 

In the wrong place he'd be chastised 

An idiot to be despised 

Never learnt to play the game the way 

That your supposed to play 

Never learnt the things to say 

Or lock emotion safe away 

Who was that on the window ledge? 

Did he jump or was he pushed? 

He left a note which no one read 

In desperate hand the note just said: 

"Never turn my back on society 

Society turn is back on me. 

All the world can not be wrong 

It must be me I don't belong." 

"All the world can not be wrong 

It must be me I don't belong" 

"All the world can not be wrong 

It must be me I don't belong" 

"All the world can not be wrong 

It must be me I don't belong" 

"All the world can not be wrong 

It must be me I don't belong" 

-- 

The unfree child is full of woe 

Into the unfree adult he will grow 

Have unfree children of is own 

On and on and so it goes 

Take your hands from off your genitals 

Eat those greens and grow up strong 

Don't piss yourself it's very naughty 

Stephen, Stephen don't you shine 

Don't speak now we are talking 

Not a word less you disgrace 

There's people listening 

Don't embarrass us 

And never let us catch you masturbate 

-- 

When I was a baby my mummy told me 

If I was a bad boy daddy would scold me 

When I was a baby my mummy lectured 

If I was a good boy I would be rewarded 

Mummy, daddy, what more would you expected 

In your eyes I'm not to be respected 

Take you on but I'm just one reflection 

Of the values that you hold and the way you see them 

My mummy's gone 

To a place where I can't go 

A place that's cloaked in thy mystery 

Of corporate identity 

Supermarkets and three pike suits 

My mummy's gone 

My mummy's gone 

When I was a little girl my mummy told me 

Had to make an effort to make myself pretty 

Got to get a husband, got to have a baby 

Got to be a credit to the rest of the family 

Mummy, daddy, what more would you expected 

In your eyes I'm not to be respected 

Take you on but I'm just one reflection 

Of the values that you hold and the way you see them 

My mummy's gone 

To a place where I can't go 

A place that's cloaked in thy mystery 

Of corporate identity 

Supermarkets and three pike suits 

My mummy's gone 

My mummy's gone 

Now that I'm older, I know that you scared me 

But I don't hold it against you, though it damage me sorley 

I know you're a victim just just like me 

You can feel the pressure just just like me 

Mummy, daddy, what more would you expected 

In your eyes I'm not to be respected 

Take you on but I'm just one reflection 

Of the values that you hold and the way you see them 

My mummy's gone 

To a place where I can't go 

A place that's cloaked in thy mystery 

Of corporate identity 

Supermarkets and three pike suits 

My mummy's gone 

My mummy's gone