Dear Mama Songtext
von Kelly Groucutt

I just have time to write this letter
I hope it gets back home to you
I really have to say I′m sorry
For running out on you
Before my time is through

If I had told you I was leaving
You would have tried to change my mind
Remember when you said
I did not care about you
You said you'd be the last thing on my mind
You′d be the last thing on my mind

I didn't mean to make you cry, mama
I didn't mean to make you cry,
I didn′t mean to make you cry, over me,


And the guns are getting louder,
I can hear the cannon roar
And I don′t think I can kill again
What am I fighting for?
Please God end this war.
And I know I'm not a coward
But I′m so very much afraid
Of ending like the other kids
In their shallow graves.

The captain tells me we don't stand a chance
Although help is on its way
I′d dearly love to see your smiling face again

There's so much I′d like to say
Oh, before I'm blown away.

I didn't mean to make you cry, mama
I didn′t mean to make you cry,
And you′re so wrong to think
I did not care about you
You'll be the last thing on my mind
You′ll be the last thing on my mind

I didn't mean to make you cry, mama
I didn′t mean to make you cry,
And you're so wrong to think
I did not care about you
You′ll be the last thing on my mind, oh mama
You'll be the last thing on my mind