I'm Livin' In Shame-The Supremes

[00:03.51]Ooh-ooh-ooh [00:14.45]Mom was cooking bread [00:16.29]She wore a dirty, raggedy scarf around her head [00:19.75]Always had her stockings low, rolled to her feet, she just didn't know [00:24.55]She wore a sloppy dress [00:26.30]Oh, no matter how she tried, she always looked a mess [00:30.71]Out of the pot she ate, never used a fork or a dinner plate [00:35.96]I was always so afraid for my uptown friends to see her [00:40.22]Afraid one day when I was grown, that I would be her [00:48.43]In a college town [00:50.58]Away from home, a new identity I found [00:54.50]Said I was born elite, with maids and servants at my feet [00:59.28]I must have been insane [01:01.70]I lied and said Mama died on a weekend trip to Spain [01:05.86]She never got out of the house, never even boarded a train [01:10.67]Married a guy, was living high, I didn't want him to know her [01:14.98]She had a grandson, 2 years old, that I never even showed her [01:19.43]I'm living in shame [01:22.81]Mama, I miss you [01:28.34]I know you're not to blame [01:31.60]Mama, I miss you [01:52.78]Came a telegram [01:54.73]Mama passed away while making homemade jam [01:58.61]Before she died, she cried to see me by her side [02:02.79]She always did her best [02:04.59]Ah, cooking, cleaning, always in the same old dress [02:09.79]Working hard down on her knees, always trying to please [02:14.87]Mama, mama, mama, can you hear me? [02:19.24]Mama, mama, mama, can you hear me? [02:23.08]I'm living in shame [02:26.50]Mama, I miss you [02:31.96]I know you've done your best [02:35.20]Mama, I miss you [02:39.95]Won't you forgive me, Mom? [02:42.15]For all the wrong I've done [02:44.29]I know you've done your best [02:46.65]Ooh, I know you've done the very best you could [02:50.85]But I never understood [02:53.72]Working hard down on your knees