[Intro]
   
   

[Verse]
            
C'mon son you 

            
gotta row my h

              
eart is all at

 
 sea
            
C'mon wind you

             
 gotta blow my

             
 baby back to 


me
            
He rowed out a

            
 boy, c'mon ho

     
me a man
            
I waited night

        
 after night
             
Feeling half o

        
f who I am

[Pre-chorus]
         
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh
           
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh

[Verse]
            
C'mon son you 

             
gotta wed now 

             
find yourself 

  
a girl
            
Maybe it's all

             
 in my head no

             
w or out there

        
 in the world
            
I dream of a b

            
oat, empty as 

  
a grave
            
Coming night a

             
fter night, co

             
ming wave afte

  
r wave

[Pre-chorus]
         
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh
           
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh

[Chorus]

Mama don't cry

 mama don't cr

y, cry

Nobody gonna w

ipe your eye

Mama don't pra

y mama don't p

ray, pray

Nobody hears a

 word you say

Mama don't wai

t mama wait no

 more

Nobody walking

 through the d

oor

Mama don't cry

 mama don't cr

y, cry

Nobody gonna w

ipe your eye

     

[Verse]
            
Cmon son you g

             
otta reap now 

             
reap what you 

     
have sown
           
Cmon I gotta s

              
leep now and I

           
 just can't sl

eep alone
            
I worked you l

      
ike a man
             
You were only 

  
a child
            
Growing cold i

      
n the hills
             
Getting old be

          
fore your time

[Pre-chorus]
         
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh
           
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh

[Verse]
            
Maybe your Dad

             
dy was wrong n

             
ow to treat yo

         
u like a man
            
Now that your 

             
Daddy is gone 

             
I'm doing the 

       
best I can
            
But you rowed 

    
out angry
             
You were churn

           
ing like a wav

e
            
and now I drea

       
m of a boat
             
Coming empty a

    
s a grave

[Pre-chorus]
         
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh
           
     Oohh Oooh

  
h Oohh

[Chorus]

Mama don't cry

 mama don't cr

y, cry

Nobody gonna w

ipe your eye

Mama don't pra

y mama don't p

ray, pray

Nobody hears a

 word you say

Mama don't wai

t mama wait no

 more

Nobody walking

 through the d

oor

Mama don't cry

 mama don't cr

y, cry

Nobody gonna w

ipe your eye