G When I was young and pushed around C And beaten up and beaten down G D Who'd I run to mama tell me who Verse (G C G D G) And as I grew to be a man And all the world held such élan I did what I thought I just had to do Chorus (C G D / G C G D G): C G It was you mama you, it was you all along G D It was you I ran away from I was wrong G And if I could I'd change my life C I swear to god I'd cut it out with a knife G D G And with a glue stick I'd reapply it in a song Verse (G C G D G) And laid back kerouac never no a heart attack Drinking and thinking about the place that he ran back to The moloch is an old man the moloch is a love-lack Bending for a quick snack remembering his friend jack And mama sometimes i remember you Chorus (C G D / G C G D G): Bridge (Bb F G / F G F C G) Bb F G Man loves woman Mother loves child F G Sometimes I call my lady mama F C G So I can feel at home for a while So I can feel at home for a while Verse (G C G D G) Looking around at all the mellencamp towns The excuses and the nooses where the coffee grounds I found places and traces of a storybook world And i went out there for a ride On the misty coast but the holy host Is under mickey d's american flag and it's unfurled