Mama And Papa Hopkins lyrics

I wonder why my mama don`t love my papa no more?
I guess my daddy been doing somethin wrong.
I wonder why my mama don`t love my papa no more?
Yeah, my daddy must been doing somethin wrong.
You know, I asked my mama, I said `Mama, what`s the trouble?`
She looked at me and said, `Boy, you`d better go head on.`

I looked at my mama, she looked at me unconcerned,
I told my mama, `Don`t forget mama, you never gets too old to learn.`
That time I was talkin my daddy, walked in the door,
Said, `Let that boy alone, cause he`s tellin you something right, don`t ya know?`
Mmmmm, you never gets too old to learn.
Still, I say my papa musta done somethin wrong,
Oh yeah, to cause my mama`s heart to ruin.

Well, you take two old people that`s been together a long time,
They don`t want childrens or nobody else messin round their bidness.
See, that`s what I`m talkin bout?
But, the reason why I was talkin, cause my mama,
I didn`t want her to feel too bad over what papa do,
And I don`t want papa to feel too bad over what mama do.
And I hada tell em.

You two people is livin, you been together for a great, long time.
You two people`s been livin, yeah you been together for a great, long time.
Yeah, you know you had four boys and one girl to raise,
Now, ya better get bad things off your mind.
Ya`ll just get together and try to get along,
Cause, you ain`t got many more days here.

You know, then papa told mama, `Come, sit down on my knee.`
Said, `Little things I`ve did, will you please, forgive me?`
And it made me feel so good, man, I went truckin on down the line.
You know I wa`t`nt gonna leave til I get them old folks together,
Whoa yeah, and get bad things of th
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