Happenstance

Run back to your mother, tell her all the cruel things that I did

Comes as no surprise to her, I was never smooth enough for her kid

A mother knows what's best she said

A mother knows what's good

So run back to your mother, she always said you would

Happenstance we fell into an off-the-cuff vitriolic remark

All I ever wanted was to make you so damn happy

But the mother knows what's best she said

A mother knows what's right

So run back to your mother, out of mind out of sight

Think for yourself

Think it through

Don't let her live for you

Think for yourself

Think of me

Think of what I'm saying

Think for yourself

Think for yourself

Think for yourself

And come back to me

When it happened, as it happened, it was the worst thing I've ever felt

Someday in your cul-de-sac you'll realize what it meant

A mother knows what's best she said

Your ballerina curls

So run back to your mother like a good little girl

Think for yourself

Think it through

Don't let her live for you

Think for yourself

Think of me

Think of what I'm saying

Think for yourself

Think for yourself

Think for yourself

You'll come back to me

She walks into the room so late at night

Shuts the window, Luna bright

She brushes your arm and tucks you in

And plants a kiss

And wonders where in the where in the world you've been

Your mother knows what's best she said

A mother knows what's good

So run back to your mother, she always said you would

She always said you would

Think for yourself

Think it through

Don't let her live for you

Think for yourself

Think of me

We could be so happy

Think for yourself

Think for yourself

Think for yourself

You'll come back to me

You'll come back to me

You'll come right back to me

Forget your mother