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"Mother" is a song by the English musician John Lennon, first released on his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. An edited version of the song was issued as a single in the United States on Apple Records, on 28 December 1970. The single edit runs 1:41 shorter than the album due to removing the tolling bells that start the song and a quicker fade-out. The B-side features "Why" by Yoko Ono. The song peaked in the United States at number 19 on the Cashbox Top 100 and number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada the song reached number 12.
Christina Aguilera covered the song in 2007 for the benefit album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. It features American progressive rock/progressive metal band Bigelf.
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Mother, you had me but I never had you
I wanted you but you didn’t want me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you but you didn’t need me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Children, don’t do what I have done
I couldn’t walk but I tried to run
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home
Mama don’t go
Daddy come home