Well I was found in the transit lounge

Of a dirty airport town

What was I doing on the road to ruin

Well my mama laid me down

My mama laid me down

Around my hand was a plastic band

With a picture of my face

I was crying left to die

In this godforsaken place

This godforsaken place

Only Mama knows

What she laid me down

In this godforsaken town

She was running too

What she was running from

I always wondered

I never knew

Only Mama knows

Only Mama knows

I'm passing through

I'm on my way

On the road no ETA

I'm passing through

No fixed abode

And that is why

I need to try

To hold on

I've got to hold on

Was it planned as a one night stand

Or did she live in disgrace

Well I never

Will I ever

See my father's face

See my father's face

Only Mama knows

What she laid me down

In this godforsaken town

She was running too

What she was running from

I always wondered

I never knew

Only Mama knows

Only Mama knows

Only Mama knows

What she laid me down

In this godforsaken town

She was running too

What she was running from

I always wondered

I never knew

Only Mama knows

Only Mama knows

Gotta hold on

Gotta hold on

Gotta hold on