Life - Chris Barber, Dr. John

Mother

Just look what they done

Done to yo' boy

Mother, mother

Just look what they done

Done to yo' boy

Mother, mother

I have felt the mark

Of ten thousand teeth

I done seen my body

Lyin' stiffly at my feet

As I’ve seen my soul

Creepin' out of my chest

Bow my head towards the east

Got victims by the west

Mother, mother

Just look what they done

Done to yo' son

But it ain’t so bad

I’m a drinkin' while

They just havin' fun

Father, father

Just look what they done

Done to yo' son

I see visions of dolphins

Dancin' in my head

But I’m not gonna worry

Might wake up in the mornin' dead

But if I die

Stoned before I wake

Lord, grant me one last wish

Please unveil my fate

(I didn’t know what I was told

About the work of the Devil and now I know)

Father, father

Just look what they done

Done to yo' son

(I didn’t know what I was told

About the work of the Devil and now I know)

But it ain’t so bad

I’m a drinkin' while they just havin' fun

(I didn’t know what I was told

About the work of the Devil and now I know)

Father, father

Just look what they done

Done to yo' son

(I didn’t know what I was told

About the work of the Devil and now I know)