Well there is something going down 
Like the storm in the sky 
I ain't gonna be played by your behavior 
How can I [bad word] someone who's lying to me, so 

Bow out, go! 
Now I said bow out, leave! 
I said take your stuff and go, 
'Cuz you're not for me 
Mama knows best when times get hard 
And papa always has a joke to make me laugh 
Mama knows best when 
I feel down, to bring me up 
And always keep my feet on the ground 

Say I know know know 
That you can pick up and drop, 
And all of this inconsistent love 
I think it's about time that it stops 

So bow out, go! 
Now I said bow out, leave! 
I said take a bow and go, 
'Cuz you're not for me 
Mama knows best when times get hard 
And papa always has a joke to make me laugh 
Mama knows best when 
I feel down, to bring me up 
And always keep my feet on the ground 

Just keep the best of ma' 
Daddy said to me 
Always use humor as your therapy, yeah 
Don't ever take life too seriously, 
Just do you, 'cuz you do you so perfectly 

Mama, mama knows best 
Daddy, daddy knows best