A Real Mother For Ya

Album: A Real Mother for Ya (1977)
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  • Wanna buy a new car
    But the price ain't right, haha
    Be a downside cheaper, yes, it would
    Star riding a bike, huh, listen

    They are making milk out of powder, daddy-o
    Got the baby's crying, oh, baby
    Rich gone up higher, yes, it is
    Got the parents lying

    Lord , it's a real mother for ya, yeah
    Make you wanna run for cover, yes, babe
    And if you look you will discover, yeah
    Lord, it's a real mother for ya, yeah, ow!

    Good god
    Listen

    Got to go to a disco
    Throw your troubles away
    Dance to the music, yeah
    That the DJ's play, feeling alright

    And then the lights come on, yeah
    Like you knew they would, haha
    Go home and face the music
    That don't sound too good, listen

    Lord , it's a real mother for ya
    Make you wanna run for cover, yes, babe
    And if you look you will discover, yeah
    Now it's a real mother for ya, yeah, ow!

    Lord , it's a real mother for ya, yeah
    Make you wanna run for cover, yes, it will
    And if you look you will discover, yeah
    Now, it's a real mother for ya, yeah
    Say it's a real mother for ya, yeah

    Ow, get out of here!
    Goodness
    Too cold
    Cold-blooded, cold-blooded, I'm telling you the truth
    Let me start here this jam-session

    Gimme three gallons of low lead!
    You got it full, nothing else
    Better stop and give me two hot dogs and a strawberry soda
    (It's a real mother for ya) Yeah
    Well, it's a real mother for ya, yeah
    Oooh, it's a real mother for ya, yeah
    Ooo hooo hooo (For ya), yeah Writer/s: JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Robert James Piellusch from Kalamazoo, MichiganI was a D.J. at our college radio station in 1977 and we played this song "all the time." I have always loved the play on words and I don't know who the person is that made the negative comment, but they have no idea what they are talking about. Great song and I am posting it for mother's day in 2021 !
  • Glenn from Upstate Sc I really enjoyed his music
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1977 {September 10th} Johnny 'Guitar' Watson performed "A Real Mother For Ya" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'...
    At the time the song was at position #43 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart, it was also in it's fifteenth and final week on the chart, and ten weeks earlier it had peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks}...
    It reached #41 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart...
    Between 1955 and 1995 the Houston, Texas native had twenty records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, three made the Top 10...
    Besides the above "A Real Mother For Ya", his two other Top 10 records were "These, Lonely Lonely Nights" {#10 in 1955} and "Cuttin' In" {#6 in 1962}...
    John Watson Jr. passed away at the age of 61 on May 17th, 1996 {heart attack}...
    May he and Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} R.I.P.
  • David from Chesapeake, VaI thought it would be a shame for the only comment about this wonderful artist to be negative. To assume that people didn't know what "mother" meant in 1977 is pretty lame. Johnny was a cult favorite that was very popular with those in America who heard him. His songs got plenty of airtime where I grew up. He did not gain widespread notoriety because he was with a record label that was not very successful. It was hard for a black artist to sign with the major record companies in that time period. I loved his music and I'm sure there are many others who did also.
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