Tell Mama

"Tell Mama" is a song written by Clarence George Carter, Marcus Lewis and Wilbur Terrall. A live recording of the track recorded on July 4, 1970,was released on the legacy edition of Pearl.

**Lyrics:**

   Yeah!!!

Yeah!!!

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

Tell 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 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, daddy, I swear!

Hey!

That girl you had didn’t have no sense, dear,

Wasn’t worth all the time that you spent.

And that same man that throwed you outdoors,

I just heard that he stole 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, baby.

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell your mama, babe!

Tell 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 time you gotta cry.

Well, I’ll tell you, dear

If you’re a woman

I can only assume

That you already know what you’re looking for, baby.

If you ever, if you were lookin’, if you were lonely

if you were lookin’, or lonely,

I know what you’re lookin’ for,

And I figured it out at fourteen years old

And I been lookin’ for it every since, too, man.

However, if you happen to be a very young man,

(Preferably a young man)

I’ll tell you what you need, man,

When you wake up an’ it doesn’t feel right, man,

Your head don’t feel right, nothin’ feels right

I’ll tell ya what you need –

You need a sweet lovin’ mama, babe,

Sweet talkin’ mama, baby.

You need a sweet lovin’ mama, babe.

You need someone to listen to you,

Someone to talk to you,

Someone to hear you

Someone to want you

Someone to need you

Someone to use you

Someone to hold you

Want you, talk, listen, hold ya, want you, need you,

Hold you, need you, want you, need you, hold you,

Won’t you need me mama, mama, mama, mama baby

Hey now, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby

Lord, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, baby

Hey, mama, mama, mama, mama, babe.

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, baby, I can do for you

Tell your mama, babe

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whoa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Whaa mama babe!

Yeah

An’ I’ll make everything alright, yeah!

Hey!

Alright!