Warning. Listen at own risk No. 6
I’m sitting at my desk, working on a design for pyjamas. My husband comes into the room. He’s excited.
“I got one!” he says.
“Got what?” I reply.
“I was on the phone to my mother, when it hit me!”
“What hit you?” I ask.
“You know, a song of devastation! I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before! It’s probably the most desperate song ever recorded. It is so fucking desperate. It is, well, beyond desperate. It’s desperate turned all the way up to eleven and then some.”
“What is it?”
“Mother” by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band. It’s devastating!”
“Oh dear! I’ve already done a Stuff Post for that song about a year ago.”
“Really?” he says.
“Yep.”
“Mother?”
“Yep.”
“Well fucking do it again! It’s Christmas!”
“Okay, babe. Just for you.”
This is Mother by The Plastic Ono Band (again). It’s for my husband.
Mother
Mother, you had me
But I never had you
I wanted you
But you didn't want me
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Father, you left me
But I never left you
I needed you
But you didn't need me
So I just got to tell
Goodbye
Goodbye
Children, don't do
What I have done
I couldn't walk
And I tried to run
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye
Goodbye
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Mama don't go
Daddy come home
Lyrics by John Lennon
