Tell Mama, all about it Tell Mama, what you need Tell Mama, what you want And I'll make everything alright You thought you'd found a good girl One to love you and give you the world Now you find that you've been misused Talk to me, I'll do what you

These are the lies I have created This is the story of my life I've been thinking of everything I used to want to be Of me, of you and me I'm in the middle of nothing And it's where I want to be Why at the bottom of everything

Where is the wonder where's the awe Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for Before the years take me I wish to see The lost in me I want my tears back I want my tears back now Where's dear Alice knocking on the door Where's the trapdoor that

It's my own fault, baby Treat me the way you want to do Yes, at the time, you were loving me, baby At that time, little girl, I didn't love you At that time, little girl, I wouldn't be true Used to make your own pay checks, baby And bring them all home

Don't succumb to this culture fear Seems to me like they want us to be afraid, man Or maybe we just like being afraid Maybe we just so used to it at this point That it's just a part of us, part of our culture Security alert on orange It's been on orange

Does that blue moon, Ever shine on you, I want to hold you close to me, And feel just like it used to be and Baby, if you feel like I do, You can come to me, Ever shine on you? Day by day, we let love just walk away, And I'll be the first to say,

Give me somethin' to ride to And forget about life to The kind you wanna get high to Lay back in the night to Yeah used to be dance songs Slow jams and romance songs But now that she's gone and the radio's on Yeah I just want one that don't sing about

You said it once before You don't do those things you used to anymore, You say in doubt, we're fading out Forgetting who we used to be. Cause I will bring you down, I don't want to miss, I don't think you can handle this, You've lost what you can't find,

Give me somethin' to ride to And forget about life to The kind you wanna get high to Lay back in the night to Yeah used to be dance songs Slow jams and romance songs But now that she's gone and the radio's on Yeah I just want one that don't sing about

As I sit there applauding from a front row seat, I want to be around to pick up the pieces when somebody breaks your heart, Somebody twice as smart as i. Somebody who will swear to be true like you used to do with me, Who'll leave you to learn that