Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong, Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong 'cause I pick up my head, can't tell where I belong.
Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad, Momma Momma, something's hurting me bad, I have a yearning for something that I never had.
Oh, sometimes I feel my life has come and then it's gone, Sometimes I feel my life has come and gone. I live in this world but I'm only looking on.
I can't understand, it's too far over my head, I can't understand, it's too far over my head. I'm living the life but I'm really dying instead, yeah.
Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong, Momma Momma, I fear you reared me wrong, 'cause I lift up my head and I can't tell where I belong. Momma Momma Momma Momma, something's terribly wrong.