perhaps its the color of the sun cut flat
and cov’ring the crossroads I’m standing at
or maybe its the weather or something like that
but Mama, you've been on my mind
I don’t mean trouble, please don’t put me down or get upset
I am not pleading or saying, “I can’t forget”
I do not walk the floor bowed down and bent, but yet
Mama, you've been on my mind
when you wake up in the morning, Mama, look inside your mirror
you know I won’t be next to you, you know I won’t be near
I’d just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear
as someone who has had you on her mind