Whoaa yeah!
You thought you had found yourself a good girl
One who would love you and give you the world
Then you find, babe, that you've been misused
Come to me, honey, I'll do what you choose
I want you to
Well, tell mama
All about it
Well, tell mama
What you need
Tell your mama, babe
What you want
Tell your mama, babe
What you need
What you want
What you need
What you want
Whoa! an' I'll make everything alright
That girl you didn't have no sense, babe
Wasn't worth all the time that you spent
That same man he throwed you outdoors
I just heard that he quartered your clothes, hey!
Well, tell mama
All about it
Tell mama
What you need
Tell your mama, babe
What you want
Tell your mama, babe
What you need
What you want
What you need
What you want
Whoaaa! an' I'll make everything alright, babe
Whoaa... rock & roll!
... baby
Wasn't worth all the time that you spent
And that same man that throwed you outdoors
I just heard that he torn all your clothes, hey
Well, tell mama
All about it
Tell mama
What you need
Tell your mama, babe
What you want
Tell your mama, babe
What you need
What you want
What you need
What you want
Anything I can do
Anything I can do for you
Tell your mama, babe!
Your mama, babe!
Your mama, babe!
Your mama, babe!
Hey your mama, babe!
Tell your mama, babe!
Tell your mama, babe!
Tell your mama, babe!
Hey!
Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely
Every time you get lonely sometime
Every time you get lonely, lonely, lonely
Every time you get lonely sometime
Every time you got to cry, cry
Every time you gotta cry
Every time you got to cry, cry, cry
Every day, Lord
And I'd figured
I'll tell you, when you go lonely, an' I figure everybody does, right?
Because as a matter of fact everybody does
I figure if you're a woman
Man if you're really a woman
You already know what you need, man
You already know what you're looking for
Man, i found out out at fourteen years old
And I been lookin' for it every since, too, man
But, if you happen to be a young cat
You know like about seventeen years old, just about
If you happen to be a young cat and you ain't figured it out yet
I'll tell you what you need, baby
When you got those strange thoughts in your head
You got those strange little weirdenesses happening to you, you don't know what they are
I'll tell ya what you need
You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe
Honey, sweet talkin' mama, babe
You need a sweet lovin' mama, babe
Honey, sweet talkin' mama, babe
You need someone to listen to you
Someone to want you
Someone to hold you
Someone to need you
Someone to use you
Someone to want you
Someone to need you
Someone to hold you
Someone to want you
Someone to hold you
You need a mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby
Lordy, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, yeah!
Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, yeah!
Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, yeah!
Tell mama all about it
Tell mama all about it
What you need, what you want
What you need, what you want
Anything I can do
Anything I can do
Tell your mama, babe
Yeah your mama babe!
Whoa mama babe!
Whoa mama babe!
Whoa mama babe!
Whoa mama babe!
Whoa mama babe!
Whoa mama babe!
Whaa mama babe!
Yeah
An' I'll make everything alright, yeah!
Hey! Yeah!
Whisperman
People come around the window
People come around the door
People come around and ask me
If I can say some more
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yes I am!
I can read somebody's back hand, and I can read your mind
What you need is body heat, ask for it any time
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am!
I can see up your staircase, and I can see down your hall
I can see almost anything, or anything at all
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am!
I can see behind your eyelid
I can see behind your head
I can only check you on the windshield
Write them on your bed
'Cause I'm a whisperman, yeah, yes I am!
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