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Mama

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Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
Mama
Hovering over me at night
Mama
Comfort me, make me feel all right

I walk alone and see what boys should never
See in their lifetime
I live in the world of spirits
And I talk to the walls
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from

Mama
Come and take, come and take my hand
Mama
Try and see, try to understand
Mama
Looking through, looking through my eyes
Mama
Everywhere, always in disguise

I walk alone and see what boys should never
See in their lifetime
I live in the world of spirits
And I talk to the walls
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from

Mama
Please be good, please be good to me
Mama
Please be good, please be good to me

I walk alone and see what boys should never see
I hear what boys should never hear
In their lifetime

I live in the world of spirits
And I talk to the walls
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from
This little hell
Deliver me from

Mama
Please be good . . .

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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Mama 
Please be good, please be good to me 
Mama 
Please be good, please be good to me 
Mama 
Hovering over me at night 
Mama 
Comfort me, make me feel all right

I walk alone and see what boys should never 
See in their lifetime 
I live in the world of spirits 
And I talk to the walls 
Deliver me from 
This little hell 
Deliver me from 
This little hell 
Deliver me from

Mama 
Come and take, come and take my hand 
Mama 
Try and see, try to understand 
Mama 
Looking through, looking through my eyes 
Mama 
Everywhere, always in disguise

I walk alone and see what boys should never 
See in their lifetime 
I live in the world of spirits 
And I talk to the walls 
Deliver me from 
This little hell 
Deliver me from 
This little hell 
Deliver me from

Mama 
Please be good, please be good to me 
Mama 
Please be good, please be good to me

I walk alone and see what boys should never see 
I hear what boys should never hear 
In their lifetime

I live in the world of spirits 
And I talk to the walls 
Deliver me from 
This little hell 
Deliver me from 
This little hell 
Deliver me from

Mama 
Please be good . . .

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Cover art for Mama lyrics by Oingo Boingo

by Dos29

1y ago

Inspired by Norman Bates, Psycho's main antagonist, this song is based on how his mother emotionally abused him at a young age.

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