Tell Mama

Etta James



Your dogs ain't found a good girl,

One that love you and give you warning

Now you find that you been misused,

Well how many girls can think all right



She'd embarrass you anywhere,

She'd make her friends think that she didn't care

Give me the chance and I'd been begging

And I just want to take care of you and I want you to



Tell Mama, all about it, tell Mama, what you need

Tell Mama, what you want and how that girl does things all right

Let me hear you say "Yash"



The girl you had didn't have no sense,

she wasn't worth all the time you spent

Had another man kick you out the door,

now that same dude is wearing your clothes



Tell your Mama, what you want, tell your Mama, what you need

Tell your Mama, what you got to have