Mother

Album: Synchronicity (1983)
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  • Well the telephone is ringing
    Is that my mother on the phone?
    Telephone is ringing
    Is that my mother on the phone?
    The telephone is screaming
    Won't she leave me alone?
    The telephone is ringing
    Is that my mother on the phone?

    Well every girl that I go out with
    Becomes my mother in the end
    Every girl I go out with
    Becomes my mother in the end
    Well I hear my mother calling
    But I don't need her as a friend
    Well every girl I go out with
    Becomes my mother in the end

    Oh, oh mother
    Oh mother dear please listen
    And don't devour me
    Oh mother dear please listen
    Don't devour me
    Oh women please have mercy
    Let this poor boy be
    Oh mother dear please listen
    And don't devour me
    Oh mother

    Well the telephone is ringing
    Is that my mother on the phone?
    Telephone is ringing
    Is that my mother on the phone?
    The telephone is screaming
    Won't she leave me alone?
    The telephone is ringing
    Is that my mother on the phone?

    Oh, mother Writer/s: Andy Summers
    Publisher: Red Brick Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Daniel Somohano from Mexico City"Mother" is an awesome track… accurately well portrait the relationship between a mother and his son with such a stressing rhythm. Lyrics are something; "ev'ry girl I go out with, becomes my mother in the end". Such an intense song
  • The Stallion from Huntington InTelephone is ringing is that my mother on the phone?!
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