Album: Mardi Gras-1972
[Chorus]
C G
When you are alone,
C
You come back cryin' and you want to go home;
C G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.
[Verse 1]
C G C
Was your idea to pack up and go.
G C
You said you had no life of your own.
G F C
Movin' in was not too hard to do.
G F C
Ya got second thoughts; you're gonna have to choose.
[Chorus]
C G
What are you gonna do?
C
For-get about your mother and think about you.
G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.
[Verse 2]
C G C
Told you all the se-crets that were mine.
G C
The good things that I picked up overtime.
G F C
Won't accept the reason why you're here;
G F C
Talk things out; overcome the fear.
[Chorus]
C G
What are you gonna do?
C
For-get about your mother and think about you.
G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.
[Instrumental]
C G C G F C
[Chorus]
C G
What are you gonna do?
C
For-get about your mother and think about you.
G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.
[Verse 3]
C G C
Thought that I was all that you need,
G C
You told me things I wanted to believe.
G F C
You know that leaving me would be wrong;
G F C
Stay with me, I'll help you to be strong.
[Chorus]
C G
What are you gonna do?
C
For-get about your mother and think about you.
G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.
C G
What are you gonna do?
C
For-get about your mother and think about you.
G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.
C G
What are you gonna do?
C
For-get about your mother and think about you.
G
For someone forgettin' it seems
F C
Like you're lettin' it take you away from me.