Don't know how I'm gonna tell you I can't play with you no more Don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me) My friend, the boy next door Don’t believe what people saying You're gonna let your hair hang down I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long You're in the darkest side of town That's the way That's the way it’s got to be Yeah, mama said, mama said That's the way it’s got to be When I'm out I see you walking Why don't your eyes see me Can it be you've found another game to play What did mama say to me Yesterday I saw you standing by the river Weren't those tears that filled your eyes And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying Have they got you hypnotized? That's the way That's the way it’s got to be, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah don’t you know Mama said, momma said That's the way it’s got to be