Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

Mama's Gone

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1967 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1995. Written for, or in response to news of, thousands of women who were picketing the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War.

Mama's gone, Mama's gone,
Mama's gone to Washington,
Hamm'ring on the doors of the Pentagon,
"Give me back my son!"

Mama's through, Mama's through,
Cryin tears won't do, won't do, anymore,
She's at that door,
"Give me back my son!

Since times long gone,
You've robbed us of our boys away,
And all we had were moan and kneel and pray!"

Mama's gone, Mama's gone,
Mama's gone to Washington,
Hamm'ring on the doors of the Pentagon,
"Give me back my son!"

Mama's through, Mama's through,
Cryin tears won't do, won't do, anymore,
She's at that door,
"Give me back my son!"

Take off that rag parade,
We've handled dirty clothes before,
What's left is just a gut that feeds on war.

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