Mother

by The Police

From the album: Synchronicity

Track 4 of 11 on Synchronicity (1983).

Duration: 3:05

Synchronicity cover art

Lyrics for Mother

Well, the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone The telephone is screaming Won't she leave me alone The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone Well, every girl I got out with Becomes my mother in the end Every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Well, I hear my mother calling But I don't need her as a friend Every girl I go out with Becomes my mother in the end Oh Oh mother Mother Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me Oh women please have mercy Let this poor boy be Oh mother dear please listen And don't devour me Oh mother Well, the telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone The telephone is screaming Won't she leave me alone The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone Oh Mother

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More from Synchronicity

  1. Synchronicity I
  2. Walking In Your Footsteps
  3. O My God
  4. Mother
  5. Miss Gradenko
  6. Synchronicity II
  7. Every Breath You Take
  8. King Of Pain
  9. Wrapped Around Your Finger
  10. Tea In The Sahara
  11. Murder By Numbers