Week One Hundred and Fifty-Eight: The Shirelles - "Mama Said" - The Best of The Shirelles

In honor of Mother's Day, today I am covering "Mama Said" by The Shirelles. You may recall from previous posts that I have mentioned that there is something about Spring that screams "Golden Oldies" to me. I love driving around town with the windows down, taking in the fresh air, and listening to the Fifties on 5 and the Sixties on 6 on Sirius.

Growing up, my mama said a lot of things to me and imparted many words of wisdom, but one thing that she definitely reinforced over and over and over again was how important it was for me to get my education. She was always my biggest advocate when it came to my educational pursuits.

I believe that it was her constant reminder that education equals freedom that led me to where I am today. My mother obviously grew up in a different time and a different place with fewer choices available to her, but it's almost as if she could foresee my future. It's as if she sensed from the time of my earliest childhood that I had an incredibly independent spirit and that married life with a family was not what I would ever want or need. Through the use of her incredibly accurate mother's intuition, she could not have advised me any better if she had tried.

As with any other mother, my mama also said some funny things, some crazy things, and some not so nice things, but most of what she said was very loving and very supportive... and I want to wish her and everyone else a lovely Mother's Day!

Ha and just like the lyrics said: "[She] met a little boy named Billy Joe and then [she] almost lost [her] mind..." Love ya, mom!!! :-D

Mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

(Mama said, mama said)

Mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

I went walkin' the other day, yeah

Everything was goin' fine

And then I met a little boy named BillyJoe

And then I almost lost my mind

Come on, mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

(Mama said, mama said)

Oh, mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

My eyes were wide open

All that I could see, yeah

The chapel bells were tollin'

For everybody but me

But I don't worry 'cause

Mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

(Mama said, mama said)

Mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

And then she said

Someone would look at me

Like I'm lookin' at you

One day

Then I might find

I don't want you any old way

So, don't worry, 'cause

Mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

(Mama said, mama said)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Mama said there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this, my mama said

Oh, yeah

(Mama said, mama said)

Don't worry, yeah, don't worry, now, yeah, eah, eah, eah

Don't worry, worry, now, now, now

Don't you worry