Well it's so good to leave home 'cause it's so good to come back home
There's no easier place to find on a map
She cried to see us go and she cried to see us back
There's no-one else in the world who ever loved us like that
Shirley's her name but we call her our mum
I call my dad "dad", I feel like a prodigal song
Well she feeds us like we haven't eaten for weeks
She spoils us and still wants to rock us to sleep
She woke us up, cooked for us and washed our clothes
She used to kiss our knees better, wipe my bubbly nose
Shirley's her name but we call her our mum
I call my dad "dad", I feel like a prodigal song
Well she's so easy to please and she's so easily hurt
She loved us even when we're covered in dirt
Our mum works all night and day
And she's a nurse when we fall, a policeman when we fight
A judge when we argue and a singer at night
Our mum worked but she never got paid
Well you ought to see the way that she serves us
She leaves herself 'till last
And there were times when we wouldn't even help her
And she'd be too tired to ask
Well she's a cook, a washerwoman, a teacher and a wife
She's our mum, she's the one who worked for our lives
Shirley's her name but we call her our mum
I call my dad "dad", I feel like a prodigal song
Well she's so easy to please and she's so easily hurt
She loved us even when we're covered in dirt
Our mum worked all night and day
Now she's a nurse when we fall, a policeman when we fight
A judge when we argue and a singer at night
Our mum worked but she never got paid
Well it's so good to leave home 'cause it's so good to come back home
There's no easier place to find on a map
She cried to see us go and she cried to see us back
There's no-one else in the world he ever loved us like that
Shirley's her name but we call her our mum
I call my dad "dad", I feel like a prodigal song