Mama, I Don't Believe

I lay here pretending to sleep

Someone’s always asking for something of me

I try to hide but I’m stripped of my strength

Bound by the truth, bored by the speed

And the promise of the fortune it brings

Oh mama, I just don't believe

Like it happened in a Broadway scene

Are we still acting, is this the real you and me

The words don’t flow, but my heart it still bleeds

Bound by the love, the warmth that it brings

And its promise to fix everything

Oh mama, I just don't believe

Angel wings tied to memories

They'll never fly for you and I

Angel wings tied to melodies

They'll never sing for you and me

A young man whose soul was burning

The hands of the people guiding him on

He was moving along, mama he was cooking

But the calendar won, his earnings are gone

And this fortune that this young man saw

Oh mama, I don’t believe in it at all

Angel wings tied to memories

They'll never fly for you and I

Angel wings tied to melodies

They'll never sing for you and me

For you and me, they'll never sing

Oh mama, I just don't believe