Mother May I Lyrics

Mother may I, mother may I

Mother may I, oh oh oh

Mother may I, mother may I

Mother may I, oh oh oh

He wanted to be like Marco Polo

One foot on the rudder

And the other on the shore

Now he's been flying solo

Everybody's seen everything

Nothing undiscovered anymore

He got as far as Little Rock

Before his ship it sank and then he

Drove another couple thirty miles

On an empty tank

Maybe for some folks

Oh it's just the way it goes but he said

Not me mama, ooh I'm going home

He said

I don't want memories

To take the place of you

And if I forget the way I felt

Then maybe she will too

So he, oh he called her on a payphone

Singing mother may I come home

Oh oh oh, mother may I

Oh mother may I

He wanted to feel like he was someone

He started out a little step forward

With a compass in his pack

And it wasn't long

Until he wrote a postcard saying

Mother may I take a little step back

He got as far as Little Rock

Before he hit eject and as he

Pulled the cord on his parachute thought

Oh what did I expect

Maybe for other folks

Oh it's just the way it goes but he said

Not me mama, I'm going home

He said

I don't want memories

To take the place of you

And if I forget the way I felt

Then maybe she will too

So he, oh he called her on a payphone

And I don't want memories

To take the place of you

And if I forget the way I felt

Then maybe you will too

So he called her on a payphone

Singing mother may I come home

Ooh

Come home

Mother may I