Lookin' for to save my save my soul
Lookin' in the places where no flowers grow
Lookin' for to fill that God shaped hole
Mother
Mother sucking rock and roll

Holy dunc spacejunk comin' in for the splash
White dopes on punk staring into the flash
Lookin' for baby Jesus under the trash

Mother
Mother sucking rock and roll
Mother
Mother sucking rock and rock and rock and roll
Mother (mother, mother, mother, mother)
Mother

Mother am I still your son
You know I've waited for so long to hear you say so
Mother you left and made me someone
Now I'm still a child
But no one tells me no

Lookin' for a sound that's gonna drown out the world
Lookin' for the father of my two little girls
Got the swing got the sway got my straw in lemonade
Still looking for the face I had before the world was made

Mother
Mother sucking rock and roll
Bubble poppin' sugar droppin' rock and roll
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Mother

Soothe me mother
Rule me father
Move me brother
Woo me sister
Soothe me mother
Rule me father
Show me mother
Show me mother
Show me mother
Show me mother
Show me mother
Show me mother


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Mofo Lyrics as written by Dave Evans Adam Clayton

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    Bono´s mother died 2 or 3 years before U2 was created. It´s the baddest trouble in Bono´s life... He made I Will Follow to his mother...

    As we all might know, he is catholic and he has been searching for something, I guess it´s God or redemption... That´s why he made I Still Haven´t Found What Im Looking For...

    MOFO is about both: god and his mother... He lost his mother and he still haven´t found God... So he lost himself.

    Great song.

    *FelipeVox*on June 08, 2003   Link

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