REMEMBER ASKIN'
BOTH MY MOM AND DAD
WHY WE NEVER TRAVELLED
TO EXOTIC LANDS
WE ONLY EVER
REALLY VISIT FRIENDS
NOTHIN' TO TELL
WHEN THE SUMMER ENDS
WE NEVER REALLY
WENT BUYIN' CLOTHES
FOLKS WERE PASSIN'
ON THE STUFF
IN PLENTY LOADS
NEW SHOES ONCE A YEAR
AND THEN OUT TO PLAY BALL
SO, WE COULD RUIN THEM
MAMA SAID
THAT IT WAS OKAY
MAMA SAID
THAT IT WAS QUITE ALRIGHT
OUR KIND OF PEOPLE
HAD A BED FOR THE NIGHT
AND IT WAS OKAY
MAMA TOLD US
WE WERE GOOD KIDS
AND DADDY TOLD US
NEVER LISTEN TO THE ONES
POINTIN' NASTY FINGERS
AND MAKIN' FUN
'CAUSE WE WERE GOOD KIDS
DON'T GET ME WRONG
I DIDN'T HAVE IT BAD
I GOT ENOUGH LOVIN'
FROM MY MOM AND DAD
BUT I DON'T THINK
THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD
WHEN I SAID THAT I WANTED
THE DEAL IN HOLLYWOOD
I TOLD THEM
I'D BE SINGIN' ON T.V.
THE OTHER KIDS
WERE CALLIN' ME A WANNABE
THE OLDER KIDS
THEY STARTED BUGGIN' ME
BUT NOW THEY'RE ALL STANDIN'
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
MAMA SAID
THAT IT WAS OKAY
MAMA SAID
THAT IT WAS QUITE ALRIGHT
OUR KIND OF PEOPLE
HAD A BED FOR THE NIGHT
AND IT WAS OKAY
MAMA TOLD US
WE WERE GOOD KIDS
AND DADDY TOLD US
NEVER LISTEN TO THE ONES
POINTIN' NASTY FINGERS
AND MAKIN' FUN
'CAUSE WE WERE GOOD KIDS
I KNOW WHICH PLACE I'M FROM
I KNOW MY HOME
WHEN I'M IN DOUBT
AND STRUGGLIN'
THAT'S WHERE I GO
AN OLD FRIEND CAN GIVE ADVICE
WHEN NEW FRIENDS
ONLY KNOW A HALF-STORY
THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS
KEEP THEM TIGHT
AND WHY I'M OKAY
I SAID, I'M OKAY
YOU KNOW
WHAT MY MAMA SAID, HUH
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME
MY MAMA SAID
THAT IT WAS OKAY
MY MAMA SAID
THAT IT WAS QUITE ALRIGHT
OUR KIND OF PEOPLE
HAD A BED FOR THE NIGHT
AND IT WAS OKAY...
MAMA TOLD US
WE WERE GOOD KIDS
AND DADDY TOLD US
NEVER LISTEN TO THE ONES
POINTIN' NASTY FINGERS
AND MAKIN' FUN
'CAUSE WE WERE GOOD KIDS