The children are all leaving school today Mama said, “Don’t worry, I’ll be back one day” The blue men in uniform smiled and waved goodbye She was hiding those tears in her eyes
True to myself True to myself
Roll up the history books, burn up the chairs Set fire to anything, set fire to the air They’re hiding to begin with and running at the end Mama said, “You take your life in your hands”
Taking your life, your life in your hands But don’t take your life in your hands like I did I don’t feel so bad and always look forward with hope Forward and hope that the children will always be there
Always be there Set fire Always be there Set fire
Cancel the day, cancel the night Cancel the day, cancel the night ‘Cause who could be watching when she steals and runs away Full of hysterical laughter, and say
Mama, mama, I’ve left school today I hope I get to see you in that funny school far away But those gentlemen in blue and those in grey Say I’ll never, never see mama again
‘Cause she took all those lives in her hands She took all those lives in her hands She took those lives in her hands But let me wonder, what was there left in those hands?