Mama - Say It Ain't So

Baby girl, has he hurt you?
Am I Imagining?
Let Mama know.
Mama's gut thinks it may be so.

Baby girl, has he touched you?
These feelings I can't let go.
I love you baby girl.
Please let Mama know.

Mama's instincts warn her,
It may be so.

Husband, I think our baby girl has been hurt.
The glances and smiles--Improper and vile.
Baby girl tells Mama it ain't so.
Mama's gut tells her "Don't let it go!"

Daddy, please, Mama doesn't love me--accusing me so.
Daddy, your baby girl says it ain't so!
Big sister is her favorite.
Tell Mama so!

Pretty little girl, your Mama told me so,
If they did would they allow this to be?
They all hate you--I love you.
They've given you to me.

Wife, how can you say this is so?
The accusations--so improper and vile.
You don't love her.
We don't think so.

Mama, you don't love me.
Daddy agrees.
Your lies say so--improper and vile.
It ain't so!

Baby girl Mama's gonna keep him away.

Mama, say it ain't so!
Out of a moving car--I'll let myself go!
Your hate of me--improper and vile.
Say it ain't so!

Baby girl has been hurt,
The truth came out.

Mama he hurt me,
There ain't no doubt.

Mama I'm scared!--he'll kill us all!
Mama, Daddy...
Don't tell them at all!
He'll know--please say it ain't so!

Wife, he'll kill us.
He's dangerous--I've heard so!

Husband, he's hurt our baby girl--this can't be let go!

Baby girl had IT taken away.
Baby girl, Mama says it will all be ok.

Mama should have followed her gut.

They all called Mama insane.
They said her love for baby was inane--improper and vile,
Clearly insane.

But Mama was right--Her gut told her so.

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Baby sister, say it ain't so!
Mama didn't sell you
My gut tells me so!
Our virtue was of concern to her--greatly so.

Big sister, it's true.
Mama prostituted me--I feel it's so.
She sent me to him--he told me so.

Baby sister, I know--it ain't so!
I believed you when you told her no.

She said he might have hurt you.
You lied so.

Your accusations sister--IMPROPER AND VILE!
From him, our Mama then kept us away.
You said she hated you.
We ALL told her to let it go.

Sister, you're broken--It's clearly seen.
You're still his victim.
Sweet Mama is innocent.
The truth will set you free.

Is it true friend, what your sister,
About your Mama said?

Mama's memory has been defiled.
Accusations--IMPROPER AND VILE!
Crushed and smashed,
Wrecked and crashed.

Mama's big girl KNOWS--it ain't so!
Mama, I have let my sister go.

Mama, I'll be your baby.
Your reputation,
Your memory,
Protector I'll be.

I'll crush and smash,
I'll wreck and crash,
Lies of the psychotic--
Broken,
Insane.

Mama, I'm sorry I didn't believe.
Your gut told you so,
And now as a mother--
I understand so.

Mama, to you, we should have listened--
And you should have too.

-M. Collins
3/24/2013