Oh My My

[Intro]
Everything you say
Everything you do
Will come back
To stand with you
Everything you trust
Everything you feel
Will come back
To kneel with you
Oh my, oh my my my
Everything you say
Everything you try
Will come out
Sounding like a lie
Everything you trust
Everything you know
Will turn to dust
Will blow
Away

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm cracking
I'm cracking
Cracking
I'm cracking into a thousand pieces
Open up your eyes

[Chorus]
Mama mama please come quick
Something's wrong I'm feeling sick
Mama mama I'm in a mess
I can't lose this heaviness
I can't lose this heaviness
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my mother
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my mother

[Post-Chorus]
Mary had a little lamb
A little lamb
Little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece... oh...

[Chorus]
Mama mama
I searched these hills for my sweet lamb
I carried myself up the mountain
And five men came out
And I laid myself down
And I looked around
And I couldn't find my sweet lamb
I'm looking for my bottom line
And as soon as I find it
I'm gonna turn my life around
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my mother
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my brother

[Verse 1]
You're floating in a harbour
In the middle of the night
And you're looking all around you
And you can't see any light
And the black and starless heavens
Weigh down upon your soul
And you face the open sea
And you're not sure that you wanna go
And you scan the horizon
But the only light you find
Is in the place you came from
The place you left behind
Oh so you're moving out
Moving out
Oh, moving out
Oh, cutting the cords
Oh, you don't know where you're going
And you don't have any maps
And the only thing you're sure of
Is you ain't... going... back

[Verse 2]
One. You will be born into a strange and desolate place
Two. It will be called "The Average Home"
Three. The times will be restless and full of uncertainty
Four. You will silently question this of your mother
As you watch her move away

[Bridge]
Oh, precious candles
Your light is your own
Is life not precious?
Your light is your own

[Chorus]
Mama mama
Please come quick
Take me home from school
I feel so sick
Mama mama
Something's wrong
My heart is breaking
But I don't know why
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my mother
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my brother

[Verse 3]
Five. There will be no answer
Six. You will begin the long process of shutting down
Seven. Your countenance will reflect less light
And later when you look at pictures of yourself you will wonder
Eight. You will give up your backbone to the TV
And accept a value system
Nine. Putting forth lies, hatred and intolerance
In the name of love as acceptable
Ten. No one will step forward from the shadows saying:
"Expect this, it's part of the path"
Eleven. You will discover drugs and alcohol
Twelve. You will instinctively move towards your own bottom line

[Bridge]
Precious candles
Your light is your own
Precious candles
Your light is your own
Puff, the magic dragon
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honalee
Little Jackie Paper
Loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax
And other fancy stuff

[Chorus]
Mama mama please come quick
Hold my head, I, I feel so sick
Mama mama let me come home
Wrap me up I can't get warm
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my mother
Oh my, oh my my my, oh my brother

[Verse 4]
Thirteen. You will rush headlong towards your bottom line
In an instinctive attempt to heal
Fourteen. You will go to AA to learn
What you should have learned in Sunday school
Fifteen. And then you will give yourself permission to cry
And you will cry and cry and cry
Sixteen. And your friends will move away nervously
And you'll feel like a fool
Seventeen. And no one will step forward from the shadows saying
Eighteen. "The journey forward includes movement into despair"
Nineteen. And you will be gathering strength
Twenty. Even as you don't understand
Twenty-one. And certain words like love and...
Twenty-two. Integrity will be drawn into your spine
Twenty-three. And then one day
Twenty-four. You will turn off the TV

[Bridge]
Oh, precious candles
Your light is your own
Precious candles
Your light is your own

[Chorus]
Mama mama something's wrong
There's only silence where there once was song
I keep hearing all these bells
Am I healing or dying? I can't tell

[Verse 5]
Hey ho
Sail on out, yeah
And sail all night
Sail on with all your might
Land ahead
Land ho
Land ho
Land ho

[Bridge]
Mama mama
Precious candles, oh
Your light is your own
Puff, the magic dragon
Lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
In a land called Honalee
One grey night it happened
Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff, that mighty dragon
He ceased his fearless roar

[Verse 6]
I sure miss that little lamb
That little lamb called Puff
Or, or... was it... Poof? Or...
Well, anyways, I, I sure miss that sweet lamb
Lay down upon your pillow...
Oh oh oh (What?)
Just give all you can knowing that's all
You have to give
Oh

[Outro]
Mama mama I almost did it
I almost carried myself up the mountainside
In my own arms
And laid myself down
There a new strength nearby, I know
And as soon as I find my bottom line
I'm gonna turn my life around, oh
I sure miss that little lamb...
Oh, here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I
Here I go
Here I go
Here I go
Here I
Here I go
Here I go