Mama once said:
Son, one day your nights will go cold
You'll be left all alone
With no shirt on your back;

My mama also said:
Sooner or later I'll be back on my feet
I'll have lots of dreams
And I won't be missing you anymore.

I got kicked off my job 'cause I couldn't stop coming late
They says the world's going to end tonight
So I might as well sit out with myself from now
Too much's gone away and we still don't know
No, we'll never know
Just what we did or said to make it end.

Got hassled by the cops for walking the long line
There's death and loneliness out in the streets lately
Best you and I find shelter
Before all this is gone
The landlord threw me out today
'Cause I'm still behind on the rent
But our love is all I wish for
So I know I'm not lonely anymore.

Mama once told me there'll be days like this
When you'll have to roll off the wrong side of the bed
Believing you ain't over on your head
Just to read the New York Times

But mama also said
Son, no matter how many times you fall
Don't stay there till dawn
There's a silver star out there for you
And it's calling your name.