Mama Told Me Not to Come
Want some whiskey in your water
Sugar in your tea
What’s all these crazy questions they askin’ me
This is the craziest party there could ever be
Don’t turn on the lights, ’cause I don’t want to see
Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
That ain’t the way to have fun, no
Open up the window
Let some air into this room
I think I’m almost chokin’
From the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you’re smoking
‘Bout scared me half to death
Open up the window, sucker
Let me catch my breath
Mama told me not to come
Mama told me not to come
She said, that ain’t the way to have fun, son
That ain’t the way to have fun, son
The radio is blastin’
Someone’s knocking at the door
I’m lookin’ at my girlfriend
She’s passed out on the floor
I seen so many things
I ain’t never seen before
Don’t know what it is
I don’t wanna see no more
Mama told me, mama told me, mama told me
Told me, told me
That ain’t no way to have fun, whoah, yeah yeah
Mama told me not to come
Mama, mama, mama told me
That ain’t no way to have fun
That ain’t the way to have fun, no
That ain’t the way to have fun, son
That ain’t the way to have fun, no
That ain’t the way to have fun, son
October 29th, 2006
Our wiki friends said, “Newman’s own version of his song is characterized by a slow tempo and has a hint of funk influence. Newman says that it is a lighthearted reflection on the Los Angeles music scene in the late 1960s… A longer, more funk inspired version released was by Three Dog Night on It Ain’t Easy ( titled “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)” ), also in 1970 – this version was the first number-one song on the American Top 40 countdown show with Casey Kasem.”
January 5th, 2007
So the second line is “Sugar in your tea?”. Hmmm, for years I thought it was “Show me your teeth!” Ranks right up there with ‘Hey, there’s a bathroom on the right”…maybe