"Problem Child" lyrics
It's blood red, the lunar rhythm ripped this tide
A warhead went missing back in '59
It's somewhere sitting on the ocean floor
The air so heavy that the birds won't fly
I strike my matches, couldn't get no light
A man has got no manners for his own
Since the day that I was born
I've been straying from the Lord
With the way the waves are crashing at my door
And its got me saying
Mother, please forgive me, take me home
I lost it the day I stole the diamonds out your drawer
She said, "You think you're moving clever?
No, darling, you could never"
That's not how this conversation's gonna go
Don't say I ain't told you so
Don't say I ain't told you so
I lost all touch when both my hands got tied
So I'll chase a scapegoat to kill some time
As purple rain pours through the ozone hole
The problem child of Mother Nature
Who puts it off till later
Nearly deaf to the sound of my breath I swallow whole
Since the day that I was born
I've been straying from the Lord
With the way the waves are crashing at my door
And its got me saying
Mother, please forgive me, take me home
I lost it the day I stole the diamonds out your drawer
She said, "You think you're moving clever?
No, darling, you could never"
That's not how this conversation's gonna go
Don't say I ain't told you so
Don't say I ain't told you so
No, Momma, don't cut me slack
I know I can't take it back
But I beg you, don't hang up the phone
I've fallen off the beaten path
I know I got a knack for that
But please just pull my fingers off my throat
Mother, please forgive me, take me home
I've had enough, I can no longer fight this war
She said, "You think I'll kiss it better?
No, darling, I could never"
That's not how this conversation's gonna go
Don't say I ain't told you so
Don't say I ain't told you so, oh, no, no
A warhead went missing back in '59
It's somewhere sitting on the ocean floor
The air so heavy that the birds won't fly
I strike my matches, couldn't get no light
A man has got no manners for his own
Since the day that I was born
I've been straying from the Lord
With the way the waves are crashing at my door
And its got me saying
Mother, please forgive me, take me home
I lost it the day I stole the diamonds out your drawer
She said, "You think you're moving clever?
No, darling, you could never"
That's not how this conversation's gonna go
Don't say I ain't told you so
Don't say I ain't told you so
I lost all touch when both my hands got tied
So I'll chase a scapegoat to kill some time
As purple rain pours through the ozone hole
The problem child of Mother Nature
Who puts it off till later
Nearly deaf to the sound of my breath I swallow whole
Since the day that I was born
I've been straying from the Lord
With the way the waves are crashing at my door
And its got me saying
Mother, please forgive me, take me home
I lost it the day I stole the diamonds out your drawer
She said, "You think you're moving clever?
No, darling, you could never"
That's not how this conversation's gonna go
Don't say I ain't told you so
Don't say I ain't told you so
No, Momma, don't cut me slack
I know I can't take it back
But I beg you, don't hang up the phone
I've fallen off the beaten path
I know I got a knack for that
But please just pull my fingers off my throat
Mother, please forgive me, take me home
I've had enough, I can no longer fight this war
She said, "You think I'll kiss it better?
No, darling, I could never"
That's not how this conversation's gonna go
Don't say I ain't told you so
Don't say I ain't told you so, oh, no, no
