Mommy oh mommy where have you gone,
Why do they keep saying it’s darkest before dawn,
Why does this life make me feel like a pawn,
Mommy oh mommy where have you gone

My grief comes in oceans and rivers and streams
I’m okay one minute; the next I’m bursting at my seams
Somedays people say things they don’t really mean,
My grief like oceans and rivers and streams

My outlook of coming days is rather dim,
I shut the windows and blinds so the light can’t get in, I try and I try but my tears always win
My outlook of coming days is always so dim

Mommy oh mommy where have you gone? What I would give for you to sing one last song, mommy oh mommy my grief comes in waves, the light never shining on my cloudy days. Mommy oh mommy, why can’t I hold you near, a horrible nightmare, my biggest fear

Mommy oh mommy where have you gone, ever since you left us, smiling has felt wrong.