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MORRISSEY song
Name	Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
Album/single	Years Of Refusal
Length	3:53
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Alain Whyte
Producer	Jerry Finn
Release	February 2009
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 2007

Information

Lyrics

Mama, why did you do it?
Mama, who drove you to it?

Was it the pigs in grey suits persecuting you?
Uncivil servants unconcerned at how they frighten you?
Life is nothing much to lose
It's just so lonely here without you

Mama, why did you do it?
Mama, who drove you to it?

Spare priggish money-men who scared the life out of you
Bailiffs with bad-breath - I will slit their throats for you
Life is nothing much to lose
It's just so lonely here without you, Mama

Life is nothing much to lose
It's just so lonely here without you

So, we're gonna run to you
We're gonna come to you
We're gonna lie down beside you, Mama

We're gonna be with you
We're gonna join you
We're gonna lie down beside you, Mama

And we will be safe and sheltered in our graves
We'll come before you and we will kiss you
By way of one final hug, Mama

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 61

Morrissey live history:

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Appears On

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed" - Morrissey-solo (Jun 05, 2021)

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 == Lyrics ==
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+Mama, why did you do it?
-}}
+Mama, who drove you to it?
+Was it the pigs in grey suits persecuting you?
+Uncivil servants unconcerned at how they frighten you?
+Life is nothing much to lose
+It's just so lonely here without you
+Mama, why did you do it?
+Mama, who drove you to it?
+Spare priggish money-men who scared the life out of you
+Bailiffs with bad-breath - I will slit their throats for you
+Life is nothing much to lose
+It's just so lonely here without you, Mama
+Life is nothing much to lose
+It's just so lonely here without you
+So, we're gonna run to you
+We're gonna come to you
+We're gonna lie down beside you, Mama
-==Personnel==
+We're gonna be with you
+We're gonna join you
+We're gonna lie down beside you, Mama
-* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
+And we will be safe and sheltered in our graves
-* [[Boz Boorer]]- Guitars<br>
+We'll come before you and we will kiss you
-* [[Jesse Tobias]] - Guitars<br>
+By way of one final hug, Mama
-* [[Solomon Walker]] - Bass guitar<br>
+</poem>
-* [[Matt Walker]] - Drums<br>
-* [[Roger Manning]] - Keyboards<br>
-* [[Michael Farrell]] - Keyboards<br>
-* [[Jeff Beck]] - Guitar<br>
-* Mark Isham - Trumpet<br>
-* [[Kristopher Pooley]] - Backing vocals<br>
-* [[Chrissie Hynde]] - Backing vocals <br>
-* [[Kristeen Young]] - Additional vocals<br>
-* Producer - [[Jerry Finn]]<br>
-* Engineer - Seth Waldmann<br>
-* Photography - [[Jake Walters]] (cover)<br>
-* Photography - [[Travis Shinn]] (group)<br>
-==Live History==
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