You may wonder what's the reason
For this great big smile;
Say, I haven't been so happy
In the longest while!
Got a big load off my mind,
Here's the papers, sealed and signed;
And the judge was nice and kind,
All through the trial.
This ends the five-year war,
I'm sweet Miss Waters once more!
I can come when I please, I can
go when I please,
I can flit, fly and flutter like
the birds in the trees,
Because I'm no man's mamma now!
Hey, hey!
I can say what I like, I can do
what I like,
I'm a gal who is on a matrimonial
strike;
Which means, I'm no man's mamma
now!
I'm screamin', "There, I know how
A fella feels gettin' out of jail,"
I've got twin beds,
But I take pleasure in announcin'
one's for sale!
Am I makin' it plain? I will never
again
Drag around another ball and chain!
I'm through,
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
I can smile, I can wink, I can go
take a drink,
And I don't have to worry what
my hubby will think!
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
Get it fixed!
I can spend if I choose, I can play
and sing the blues,
There's nobody messing with my
ones and my twos,
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
You know that there was a time
I used to think that men were grand,
But no more for mine,
I've gone and labeled my apartment
"No Man's Land!"
I got rid of my cat, 'cause my cat's
name was Pat,
Won't even have a mailbox in my
flat!
Because, I'm no man's mamma now!
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Jazz and Blues Lyrics Page.
Published 3/6/00.
Ethel Waters starred in both the stage and film version of Cabin in the Sky. The movie also starred Lena Horne and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington had minor roles. Waters commented in her remarkable autobiography, His Eye is on the Sparrow, that she didn't enjoy making the movie -- too much behind-the-scenes back-biting.
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