When I was a young boy my mama would say

Son, you ain´t always gonna get your way

Times will be good, times will be bad

You ain´t always gonna get a winning hand

Son, she always said, you gotta stand tall

Even when it looks like you´ll take a fall

Life is short and sometimes sweet

Get yout of the kitchen if you can´t take the heat

Everything she said was true

My mama never was a fool

Gotta live your life by the golden rule

I guess it´s true what they say

Really true what they say

I guess what mama said

Was true

Can´t have your cake and eat it too, babe

I never doubted any word my

Mutha said

With all the sinnin´ runnin´

´round my head

Everything she said was true

My mama never was a fool

Gotta live your life by the golden rule

I guess it´s true what they say

Everything she said was true

Mama never was a fool

Gotta live your life by the golden rule

I guess it´s true what they say

Really true what they say

I guess what mama said

Was true

Can´t have your cake and eat it too, babe