Eric Burdon & War - Blues for Memphis Slim: Birth / Mother Earth / Mr. Charlie / Danish Pastry / Mother Earth lyrics

A) BIRTH You know when you're born You first see light of day Through a gap in your mother's legs It's the truth And from that minute on Most of us guys And some of you girls spend your life Trying to get back into a hole, mmm-hmm But, don't worry Because if you make it If you don't make it They're gonna dig a hole for you eventually in the ground And slot you right back to Mother Earth B) MOTHER EARTH - Part One Mother Earth is waitin' for you, yes she is. She is big and she's round, And it's cold way down in the ground. You may not be happy all the time, You may never be that way, Mother Earth is waitin' for you, For that debt you've got to pay. Don't care how big you are, I don't care what you were, When it all is up, you've got to go back to Mother Earth. You could be blasé with life, Only make love to foreign girls, You may have a little jet, baby, And fly all around the world, Don't care how big you are, I don't care what you were When it all is up, you've got to go back to Mother Earth. Sweet Mother Earth, baby C) MR. CHARLIE Instrumental D) DANISH PASTRY Instrumental E) MOTHER EARTH - Part Two You may own some racing horses Even own a whole damn track You may have enough money, baby To buy anything you lack Don't care how big you are, I don't care what you were When it all is up, you got to go back to Mother Earth She is waitin' for you, girl When it all is up, you got to go back Way back to Mother Earth, yes When the acid trip is over You, you got to come back to Mother Blues, yeah Mother Blues I feel so bad, oh, all I can do is sing these blues, yea. When it all is up, You've got to go back to Mother Earth Oh baby you hear what I say?