Oh dear sweet mama, I’m not feeling well.
Can I step out for a little while?
But I go missing – I steal away
and I go kissing in the alleyway.
All I want to do
and all I want to grow up to be
is all caught up with you –
look what you’re doing to me!
Oh dearest young man, teach me sweetheart
how to love you. I’m a clever girl.
You’ve got me lying, you’ve got me leaving home,
you’ve got me crying when I’m alone.
When I’m not with you my dreams are so very dark.
When I’m not with you I dream of my hair falling out.
When I’m not with you I walk the dark tunnels of my heart.
When I’m not with you everything comes apart.
When I was younger I spent my days
wondering to whom I was supposed to pray –
It’s you.