I saw ur mother downtown yesterday
She didn't know me & her hair was gray
She told me all her kids had run away
They called at Christmas time but really what's left to say
And now the neighbors they don't talk no more
And late at night she listens to the wind under the door
And the cracks in the floor

Oh, guess who I ran into in the waitin' room
U know they use to say that kid was born with a silver spoon
He told me that he left his home much too soon
Cos' no one eva told him about the power of a real full moon
And than he stopped & just closed his eyes
And whispered please could someone help him get outside

And don't tell me u don't hear that hometown callin' u
Cos u know what baby ur still doin' all the same things u use to do
Wo wo darlin' u neva use to wait till tomorrow & now u can't wait at all

Hey what's the news in the fashion world
Is it long or short, is it straight or curled
Does it pull all my last years in a different world
Does it tell ur mother, how long ago she was a girl 
And even churchmen are wearin' stripes
And all the hometown girls are gettin' in much too late tonight
I guess they gave up the fight