Alex Comfort, Nina Simone
Oh Daughter, dear Daughter,
take warning from me
and don't you go marching
with the N-A-A-C-P.
For they'll rock you and roll you
and shove you into bed.
And if they steal your nuclear secret
you'll wish you were dead.
(refrain:)
Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.
Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay.
Oh Mother, dear Mother,
no, I'm not afraid.
For I'll go on that march
and I'll return a virgin maid.
With a brick in my handbag
and a smile on my face
and barbed wire in my underwear
to shed off disgrace.
(Refrain)
One day they were marching.
A young man came by
with a beard on his cheek
and a gleam in his eye.
And before she had time
to remember her brick...
they were holding a sit-down
on a nearby hay rig.
(Refrain)
For meeting is pleasure
and parting is pain.
And if I have a great concert
maybe I won't have to sing those folk songs again.
Oh Mother, dear Mother
I'm stiff and I'm sore
from sleeping three nights
on a hard classroom floor.
(Refrain)
One day at the briefing
she'd heard a man say,
"Go perfectly limp,
and be carried away."
So when this young man suggested
it was time she was kissed,
she remembered her brief
and did not resist.
(Refrain)
Oh Mother, dear Mother,
no need for distress,
for the young man has left me
his name and address.
And if we win
tho' a baby there be,
he won't have to march
like his da-da and me.Tears fall down like paper around you
But I cannot get through
There's nothing I can do
'Cause you steal secrets from the gods
But I'm no god, and I wish I was
Birds fly high and fall around you
But I have to climb the stairs
You climb high just like a soldier
Your closet mind is so fucking warm
Come and see the guy who is me
An astronaut, he's lost in space
In a station where I have no friends
This is the end
Of the universe
Stay with me for quiet reasons
You don't have to make a scene
Exploding chrome glistening in the street light
And I went around and watched all of you
All of you
Come and see the guy who is me
An astronaut, he's lost in space
In a station where I have no friends
This is the end
Of the universe
Stay with me for quiet reasons
You don't have to make a scene
Exploding chrome glistening in the street light
And I went around and watched all of you
All of you