Mother Knows Best

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Richard Thompson

Richard John Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques and strange, darkly-funny lyrics, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Artists who have recorded Thompson's compositions include such diverse talents as Robert Plant, Del McCoury, R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt, Christy Moore, David Gilmour, Mary Black, Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, The Corrs, Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Joel Fafard, Maria McKee, Shawn Colvin, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Nanci Griffith, Graham … more »

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1991

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So you think you know 
How to wipe your own nose
You think you know 
How to button your clothes
You don't know shit 
If you hadn't already guessed
You're just a bump on the log of life, 
Cause mother knows best

She tells everybody 
She was born in a ditch
She back-combs her hair 
Till she looks like a witch
Wolves in her train, 
Serpents suckle at her breast
Don't forget to wash behind your ears, 
Cause mother knows best

O you lost your job, 
Well ain't that a shame
You got nobody but yourself to blame
You deserve everything you get 
For such a carelessness
And don't eat your peas off the knife, 
Cause mother knows best

So your baby's hungry, so your baby's sick
Don't make babies, that'll do the trick
Put another string of barbed wire 
In your little love nest
It's better than a cardboard box, 
Cause mother knows best

She got a zombie army to serve her well
She got a thousand bloodhounds 
From the gates of hell
She got a hundred black horses 
With sulfur and coal on their breath
And she rides the unbelievers down, 
Mother knows best

She says "Bring me your first-born, 
And I'll suck their blood
Bring me your poor, 
I can trample in the mud
Bring me your visionaries, 
I can put out their eyes
And bring me your scholars, 
I'll have them all lobotomized,
Cause mother knows best

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