Mama said leave him The first night she met you Said that boy’s got trouble Written clean through But I laughed it off Poured another drink Thought love was stronger Than what she’d think Sister said run fast Before you get burned But I was too busy Waiting my turn Everybody warned me Plain as day But I had my reasons For staying anyway Mama said leave But I stayed too long Held on tight To what felt wrong Now here I am With tears on my sleeve And all I hear is Mama said leave My friends stopped calling Said they’d had enough Watching me patch up A broken kind of love You’d disappear Then come back sweet Like poison wrapped In velvet sheets And every time I let you in I swore that’d be The last time then But I kept betting On a losing game Guess heartbreak and hope Ain’t too far apart the same Mama said leave But I stayed too long Danced too hard To the same sad song Now my lipstick’s gone And my faith runs thin And mama was right All along again Mama don’t gloat She just shakes her head Pours me coffee And lets me rest Says "Baby some lessons Ain’t cheaply learned" And Lord knows Mine burned Mama said leave And now I know why Some loves don’t heal They just survive Now I’m sweeping up What’s left of me And hearing mama In every dream Mama said leave Yeah... Mama said leave... And I should’ve listened...
