Got To Get Away From It All

[Verse 1]
Mama you told me
You told me that this man didn't mean me no good
Mama he beats me and he scolds me, oh
Just like you said he would
Mama he knocks me down
Now he makes me, and I got to get away from it all

[Verse 2]
Oh mama I tell you, oh
There ain't a good man left in this town
You know what they keep doing
They keep makin' promises
And all you know they go on runnin' around
For me and that man, this town is too small
And I've got to get away from it all

[Verse 3]
And all of this takes my mind back, to a few nights ago
When I was alone in my bed
Mama I cried, all night long
There was nobody there, to help ease my achin' head
Now mama it's a pity, it's a pity
'Cause I don't know what is wrong, oh

[Verse 4]
Nothing can stop me mama, you know why?
Because I've got my protection, right here in my bag
'Cause the way that man is treatin' me
You know I've got to leave, I can't stay there
And I mean I ain't leavin' nothin' mama
'Cause I even packed all my raggedy rags
Yes I have, and one more thing I'd like to ask of you

[Verse 5]
Mama, tell him not to write to me
And oh, don't even call
And I got to get away from it all, oh yeah
I've got to get away (Gotta get away)
Ooh, I've got to get away
And then stay out all night long
Because I've done all this before
Ooh, I've gotta (Gotta get away)
I've gotta get away
The man just don't do me right
I've got to get away

[Outro]
You know I should have listened to you mama
I gotta get away, oh I gotta get away