mama she wrote me a letter
saying shes gonna be fine
please take good care of your sister
i ll be home in 3 years time
mama it seems like forever
you've been gone since i was 5
they say you were a good teacher
in the same school where i cant survive

mama is maid in London
i wanna to believe that she s fine
she could be lonely on London
i want to know
why she have to go
i need her i want to be near her
i got to be with her
and see it that were together
once more

my English teacher she told me
she wants to be where you are
mama shes leaving her family
to earn all the money she wants
London Vancouver or Hong Kong
governess,housekeeper or nurse
what will happen to all of us children
with mothers that travel so far

mama is maid in London
i wanna believe that she s fine
she could be lonely on London
i want to know why she have to go
i need her
i want to be near he
i got to be with her
and see it were together
once more