Fresh Air for My Mama

[Verse 1: Kevin Godley]

So say one and so say all

Say what you gotta say

Or don't say nothin' at all

You've been tossin' and turnin'

Through soft, sticky nights

While the Bronx below you

Fights to stay alive

[Verse 2: Kevin Godley, Eric Stewart & Lol Creme]

So say one and so say all

Be what you gotta be

Or don't be nothing at all

Be gracious to your mother

When you leave this neighborhood

The change is gonna do her good

Next to me you look bad

'Cause there ain't no fresh air

For my mama, my mama

[Pre-Chorus: Group]

But the drop is sheer

When you break away

[Chorus: Kevin Godley]

Take me away

It's just about time to hit the road

And say you gotta believe

In something

It's easy to see

My God, it's fading away

So pick up your bible

And pray for me

[Bridge: Kevin Godley]

We're all alone in the darkness

But our eyes are open wide

We don't see nothing

And our hands are tied

To the railings of the Bowery

And the humid city slickers

[Verse 3: Kevin Godley, Eric Stewart & Lol Creme]

So say one and so say all

We had a lot to say

And we said it all

The cost of living in dreams

Is rising like the crime wave

The American way of dying

(The American way of dying)

And it gets you every time

And it looks like it's got

To my mama, my mama

[Outro: Group]

May she rest in peace