Richard Thompson - Mother Knows Best Lyrics
So you think you know how to wipe your own noseSo you think you know how to button your clothesYou udon't know shitIf you hadn't already guessedYou're just a bump on the log of life'Cos Mother knows bestShe tells everybody she ws born in a ditchShe backcombs her hair till she looks like a witchWolves in her train, serpents suckle at her breastDon't forget to wsh behind your ears'Cos Mother knows bestO you lost your job, well ain't that a shameGot nobody but youself to blameYou deserve everything you get for such carelessnessAnd don't eat your peas off the knifeO Mother knows bestSo your baby's hungrySo your baby's sickDon't make babies, that'll do the trickPut another string of barbed wire in your little love nestIt's better than a cardboard boxMother knows bestShe got a zombie army to serve her wellShe got a thousand bloodhounds from the gates of Hellshe got a hundred black horses with sulphur and coal on their breathAnd she rides the unbelievers downMother knows bestShe says, bring me your first-bornI'll suck their bloodBring me your poorI can trample in the mudBring me your visionariesI can puthout their eyesBring me your scholarsI'll have them all lobotomisedMother knows best----------------------------------------------------------------------
