Mama's City
©1982 Andrew Calhoun, unrecorded
Army stormed the city gates
Fifty thousand strong
"We're gonna change your city round,
We're gonna change your city round,
We're gonna knock your city walls down"
But they cried from the walls,
"You can't change our city round,
You can't change our city round
The only one can change our city round is Mama,
And Mama said, 'No', 'No', Mama said 'no.'"
Army said, "We're gonna change your way of life,
Change your way of thinking, offer up a new god,
Every man another wife
We're gonna change your city round,
We're gonna change your city round
We're gonna knock your city walls down"
But they cried from the walls,
"You can't change our city round,
You can't change our city round
The only one can change our city round is Mama,
And Mama said, 'No', 'No', Mama said 'no.'"
Army stormed the city gates
Knocked the city walls down
Dragged Mama out through the streets
And slaughtered her in the middle of the town
Army took the City Hall,
Army changed the name of the town
Army built the walls again
Thought they'd change that city round
But the stars shine glory from above
Sunset's lovely in the West
Boys and girls still fall in love
Babe still nurses at the breast
"You can't change our city round
You can't change our city round
The only one can change our city round is Mama,
And Mama said, 'No', 'No', Mama said 'no.'
Army stormed the city gates
A hundred thousand strong
"We're gonna change your city round,
We're gonna change your city round,
We're gonna knock your city walls down"
But they cried from the walls,
"You can't change our city round,
You can't change our city round
The only one can change our city round was Mama,
And Mama said, 'No', 'No', Mama said 'no.'