Daddy, When Is Mama Comin' Home ?
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I remember a long, long time ago
Me and my old lady, we were lovey-dovey, we was
I used to call her my little girl
She used to call me her little boy
But somewhere down the line
She got involved with another man
She left me, she did
With three little girls
One named Josiel
And one named Melody
And one named Pocahontas
And every Monday morning
I grabbed my lunch bucket
And I'll start
Pocahontas would walk up to me
And she said, "Daddy, why did mama leave us?"
And she kept right on saying
"Daddy, why did mama leave us, daddy?"
Well, I couldn't exactly talk to the child
Like I could a grown-up
So I went on to work like a good man
And when I come home that evening
I got my own newspaper, I did
And I sat down to read
Pocahontas walked up to me
Tears in her eyes
And I looked at Pocahontas
And tears got in my eyes, too
She said, "Daddy?"
I said, "Yes, darling?"
"When is my mama coming home?"
And she kept right on saying
"Daddy, when is my mama, my mama coming home?
Daddy, when is my mama, my mama coming home?"
I sat there with tears in my eyes
I couldn't tell her child, couldn't tell her daughter, couldn't
So I had to make a long story short with the child
I said, "Self, I find your mama, baby
Just as sure as a bluebird flies in the sky
When I find her, she gon' tell me a lie"
I said, "Darling, listen
Love can bring happiness
And love can bring sorrow
Love can be a
If you don't watch it
It'll be gone, gone tomorrow
Yes it will
Bring it on home, baby
I got three, three little girls
But she know I couldn't sew
And she know I couldn't pin no dollar
On no little baby behind
Bring it on home
You got three little girls
Who're waiting on you
They need you
And I need you
Although you done me wrong
Bring it on home
Bring it on home, Miss Johnson
Please bring it on home
We need you
Oh, we need you, darling
So much, so much, so much"