Mother's Little Helper (Listen to midi)

 

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1. What a drag it is getting old.

 

    "Kids are different today,"I hear ev'ry mother say,

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    mother needs something today to calm her down,

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    and though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill,

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    she goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper

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    and it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day.

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2. "Things are different today," I hear ev'ry mother say,

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    cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag.

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    So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak,

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    and goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper,

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    and two help her on her way, get her through her busy day.

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Doctor, please, some more of these, outside the door,

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she took four more, what a drag it is getting old.

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3. "Men just aren't the same today," I hear ev'ry mother say,

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    they just don't appreciate that you get tired,

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    they're so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilise your mind,

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    so go running for the shelter of a mother's little helper

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    and four help you through the night, help to minimise your plight.

 

+ CHORUS

 

 

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4. Life's just much too hard today," I hear ev'ry mother say,

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    the pursuit of happiness just seems a bore,

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    and if you take more of those, you will get an overdose,

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    no more running to the shelter of a mother's little helper

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    they just helped you on your way through your busy dying day.

 

    + CHORUS

    (The Rolling Stones)