Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now - Ben Harper

Papa, he left home today

He says he ain’t comin' back again

He says he ain’t gonna be nobody’s second best

Just 'cause mama’s got a special kind of friend

Papa, he left home today

He says he ain’t comin' back no more

He says he ain’t gonna take no damn back seat

And how could mama do him so low

But mama’s got a girlfriend now, boy

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

Mama’s got a girlfriend

Yeah, she’s got a true friend

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

You see mama don’t watch your damn football

And your beer drinkin' just won’t do

You’re just stayin' out late and you’re preachin' the hate

And you never have been true

You see, mama she wanted somebody

Who will let her be herself

So she’s leavin' you and your stinky damn ways

'Cause she’s found somebody else

And mama’s got a girlfriend now, boy

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

Mama’s got a girlfriend

Yeah, she’s found a true friend

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

Papa, he left home today

Wavin' his hands and cryin'

You could tell by the sound and the tone in his voice

That his heart was slowly dyin'

But mama said, «Boy, if I ever

Catch you here again

You ain’t never gonna have nobody else

Not a woman or a man»

And mama’s got a girlfriend now, boy

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

Mama’s got a girlfriend

Yeah, she’s found a true friend

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

Mama’s got a girlfriend now, boy

Mama’s got a girlfriend now

Mama’s got a girlfriend

Yeah, she’s found a true friend

Mama’s got a girlfriend

Yeah, she’s found a true friend now