text: I dont know how Im going to tell you
  I cant play with you no more
  I dont know how Im gonna do what mama told me
  My friend, the boy next door
  I cant believe what people saying
  Youre gonna let your hair hang down
  Im satisfied to sit here working all day long
  Youre in the darker side of town
  And when Im out I see you walking
  Why dont your eyes see me
  Could it be youve found another game to play
  What did mama say to me?
  Thats the way
  Oh, thats the way it ought to be
  Yeah, yeah, mama say
  Thats the way it ought to stay, yeah, yeah, ooh-ooh
  And yesterday I saw you standing by the river
  And werent those tears that filled your eyes
  And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying
  Had they got you hypnotized?
  And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers
  But all that lives is born to die
  And so I say to you that nothing really matters
  And all you do is stand and cry
  I dont know what to say about it
  When all you ears have turned away
  But nows the time to look and look again at what you see
  Is that the way it ought to stay?
  Thats the way
  Thats the way it ought-ta be
  Oh, dont you know now, mama said
  Thats the way its gonna stay, yeah
  Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah