[MIMI] Mother's gonna file her nails Mother's gonna stay serene What I mean Is she'll protect you! Hey! I'm bringing you a new day! Yep, today will be a new day And even though it's sh**s Mother's gonna fix things Try to keep your wits Mother's gonna make things fine! [GORDON] Mom, we don't even know what's going on yet [MIMI] In the darkest of dark despair I'll be found sitting there [GORDON] Ma! If you want me to say "life's fair" That is something I can't say [MIMI] Well, anyway! Mother's gonna drink champagne Ma will help you beat the odds She'll explain why she's so damn blasé! Because I'm bringing you a new day! Yes, I'm welcoming a new day! And mother will attend Mother's gonna fix things Mother's gonna mend Mother's gonna make things fine! [GORDON] This you cannot change, mother It's strange, mother But this thing's outside our control This whole rigmarole is a joke I don't understand [MIMI] Nothing's stronger than mother Nothing's tougher than mother And no one fights as hard [GORDON] My world has changed [MIMI] When something's in the way [GORDON] In such a way [MIMI] I'm bringing you a new day [GORDON] She's bringing me a new day [MIMI] God dammit, it's a new day! [GORDON] Dammit, it's a new day! [MIMI] And mother will protect Mother's gonna fix things Anything that's wrecked Mother's gonna make things fine! [GORDON] Ma! [MIMI] I'm bringing you a new day [GORDON] She's bringing me a new day [MIMI] Yes, yes, yes! A fabulously new day! [GORDON] A fabulously new day [GORDON/MIMI] And mother will protect Mother's gonna fix things Anything that's wrecked Mother's gonna make things [ENSEMBLE] Fine! Oh, yes! She's bringing you a new day! [MIMI] Yeah, little baby Bet your momma gonna come and bring a new day [ENSEMBLE] Yes! She's bringing you a new day! [MIMI] Hey, little baby Bet your momma gonna come and bring a new day [ENSEMBLE] And mother will protect Mother's gonna fix things Anything that's wrecked Mother's gonna make things [MIMI] Mother's gonna make things fine! [ENSEMBLE] Mother's gonna make Mother's gonna make things Mother's gonna make Mother's gonna make things Mother's gonna make Mother's gonna make things Fine!