| Song | Mother Says |
| Artist | Joe Walsh |
| Album | Joe Walsh's Greatest Hits - Little Did He Know... |
| Mother says, "Be carefulAnd don't stay out too longDon't do things you shouldn'tMiss me when I'm gone”Daddy says, " | |
| Not now, son | |
| Well, just do the best you can | |
| And you'll make out somehow, son | |
| Be just like | |
| I am, just like | |
| I am”You won't need a reason | |
| She don't let you choose | |
| And so to make the game easy | |
| Mother makes the rules | |
| We all know how the rules are | |
| Changing from day to day | |
| That's the breaks and | |
| I'm sorrySome of us must be going | |
| Some of us have to stay | |
| Some of us may be showing | |
| Some just fade away | |
| It's sad to say it's the ending | |
| All the feelings gone | |
| If you don't mind pretending | |
| You can come along | |
| And Mother says she's ready | |
| And if you have the time | |
| She'll help us all to get steady | |
| Make us all feel better | |
| Make us all feel fine | |
| Make us all feel better | |
| Make us all feel fine |
| Mother says, " Be carefulAnd don' t stay out too longDon' t do things you shouldn' tMiss me when I' m gone" Daddy says, " | |
| Not now, son | |
| Well, just do the best you can | |
| And you' ll make out somehow, son | |
| Be just like | |
| I am, just like | |
| I am" You won' t need a reason | |
| She don' t let you choose | |
| And so to make the game easy | |
| Mother makes the rules | |
| We all know how the rules are | |
| Changing from day to day | |
| That' s the breaks and | |
| I' m sorrySome of us must be going | |
| Some of us have to stay | |
| Some of us may be showing | |
| Some just fade away | |
| It' s sad to say it' s the ending | |
| All the feelings gone | |
| If you don' t mind pretending | |
| You can come along | |
| And Mother says she' s ready | |
| And if you have the time | |
| She' ll help us all to get steady | |
| Make us all feel better | |
| Make us all feel fine | |
| Make us all feel better | |
| Make us all feel fine |