Mother Whatll I Do Now

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Mother you give good advice, always 
you mean well.
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Now I need it more than ever 
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I'm inside this cell.


[ VERSE 1 ]

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I'm behind a prison wall, the 
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bed's so hard and much too small
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There's no pyjamas here at all, 
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Oh Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 2 ]

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They told me they would treat me 
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swell tucked inside my little cell
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But up to now it's been like 
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h...! Mother what'll I do now?


[ CHORUS ]

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We're parted from each other and 
that's too bad.
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You're my favourite Mother, Oh the
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 best I ever had.


[ VERSE 3 ]
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Tonight I've got a date you see 
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but they won't let me have a key
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And the Warder's won't wait up for
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 me, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 4 ]

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It's hard to pass the time away, 
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I'm in a dangerous mood I say.
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I've smoked two cigarettes 
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today, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 5 ]

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First I stand and then I sit, 
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then I sit and stand a bit
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But I can't stand much more of 
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it, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ CHORUS ]

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We're parted from each other and 
that's too bad.
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You're my favourite Mother, Oh the
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 best I ever had.


[ VERSE 6 ]

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I got such an awful shock, I 
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asked the time for there's no clock
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And the Warder said six months 
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"Old Cock Oh! Mother what'll I do 
now?

[ VERSE 7 ]

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I ordered lunch from soup to 
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sweet but they forgot the fish and 
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meat
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And since the soup there's nowt to
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 eat, Oh Mother what'll I do now?

[ VERSE 8 ]

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I've had such a tummy ache. 
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All night long I've been awake.
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Some castor oil they made me 
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take, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?

[ CHORUS ]

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We're parted from each other and 
that's too bad.
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You're my favourite Mother, Oh the
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 best I ever had.

[ VERSE 9 ]
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Ive played Peter fly away Paul, 
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Ive played tiddly winks and all
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Ive written rude words on the 
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wall, Oh! Mother what'll I do now?