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