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My next-door neighbour, at the time when I wrote this song, was raising 4 teenage boys. Parents often worry about their kids and I thought what would I say to my mum and dad if I was a teenager again. My answer was "Dad don't worry.. mum don't cry". I thought this sounded like a Johnny Cash line so I wrote it in that vein.
lyrics
Mama don’t you cry
Tripping, God knows I’m tripping
Tripping ‘round the sun
Fighting, yeah I been fighting
I’m fighting what I’ve already won
Growing, I’m a growing
Growing these wings to fly
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Breaking, I been breaking
I’m breaking this rusty cage
Paying, I been paying
I’m paying all these dues I must pay
Living, God knows I’m living
I’m living before I die
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Cos I’m gunna be alright
I’m gunna be alright
I said goodness and mercy
They will follow me
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Dancing, yeah I been dancing
I’m dancing till my feet get sore
Hola, hear me hola
I hola ‘cos I want some more
Loving, yeah more loving
Loving been getting me high
So Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Cos I’m gunna be alright
Say I’m gunna be alright
Hey I’m gunna be alright
Yeah I’m gunna be alright
I said goodness and mercy
They will follow me
So Daddy, don’t you worry
I said Daddy don’t you worry
Daddy don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Yeah Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
I said now Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
Yeah now Daddy, don’t you worry
Mama don’t you cry
credits
from Rumblin' Wheel,
released February 22, 2024
Mama Don’t You Cry
Written and performed by Dan Hannaford.
Produced, engineered & mixed by DAVID RAVEN at ‘honky abbey’ Los Angeles.
DAN HANNAFORD: Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, IMANI HANNAFORD: sweet backing vocals (my daughter at 9 yrs old). DAVID RAVEN: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
JOHNATHON FLAUGHER: Bass
BILLY WATTS: Electric Guitar
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