Verse
C# G# B F#
C# G# B F#
I need a mother, I'm sorry but it's true
C# G# B F#
I need a lover, Not someone like you
B C# F# F#/F D#m C#
I been your daddy for too long of a time
B C# F# F#/F D#m C#
Need a little mothering just once in a while
B C# B F#
I need a mother, I'm sorry but it's true
[Instrumental]
C# G# B F# (+1 octave)
[Verse]
C# G# B F#
It's undercover, the way it's always been
C# G# B F#
I should have said something, But I didn't know where to begin
B C# F# F#/F D#m C#
You've been taking everything I have to give
B C# F# F#/F D#m C# B
But I don't have no more, This ain't no way for me to live
C# B F#
I need a mother, I'm sorry, that's just how it is
[Instrumental]
C# G# B F# (+1 octave)
C# G# B F#
[Verse]
C# G# B F#
I need a mother, It's really nothing new
C# G# B F#
D# little help sometimes, That's just what you do
B C# F# F#/F D#m C#
I been your daddy for too long of a time
B C# F# F#/F D#m C#
Need a little help, you know, Just once in a while
B C# B F#
I need a mother, I'm sorry but it's true