Verse 1:
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Well my mother said boy you got, you got one life
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Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life
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So pray every day and stay away from that strife
Verse 2:
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I remember my mother when I was just a little boy
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She’d hunt around for money never had much for toys
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Yet every day she fed us and filled our hearts with joy
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Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life
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Well my mother said now Paul you got just one life
E E7 A A7
So pray every day now and stay away from life’s strife
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Verse 3:
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Come home every day, our mum would say go outside
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Watch her work so hard in the garden with all her might
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She worked just as hard on how we lived out our lives
Verse 4:
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Well our mother said now kids you got just one life
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Our mother said now children you got just one life
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So work together and try to avoid all the strife
Verse 5:
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She’d take us to church on Sundays to watch our Dad
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With a super chokehold to control, it’s all she had
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With four noisy kids she always backed up our Dad
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Well our mother said now children you got just one life
D A A7
Our mother said now Kids you got just one life
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Now pray every day now and you will avoid the strife
Verse 6:
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Great holidays at Rose Cottage and camping too
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If you’ve seen my mother there is nothing she can’t do
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With four kids in tow the sun still comes shining through
Verse 7:
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As the years rolled on we always saw her work so hard
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Looked after all our kids, free childcare like it was her job
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Even in her 70’s she’s now looking after the last two
Verse 8:
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I visit every week but find it hard hard to say I love you
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But I love to sit there and and talk a while with you
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It’s like you always feed me so MUM I LOVE YOU