mother mother are you somewhere around

mother tell me what have you found

is the world still flat or round

is your daughter still safe and sound

mother mother you’ve been a toast

a perfect wife, a perfect host

a promise wasted, a chapter closed

a youth departed, a living ghost

mother mother can you hear me scream

in protest at your corroded dream

in sorrow at your faded theme

in disgust and in rage supreme

mother mother did you rear your child

to be lost into this jungle wild

did you raise him to be meek and mild

and so easily to be beguiled

mother mother can you sleep at night

when your own children are torn in fight

when they run scared from the truth of light

to sell your values in the name of might

mother mother i wish you were strong

i wish you could see where your children went wrong

they make you a day, they sing you a song

mother what's taking you so long?