These lyrics are transcribed as they appear in Morrissey's "Years Of Refusal" album and are reproduced without permission. There are no variations between the printed lyrics and the recorded ones.

Mama, why did you do it?
Mama, who drove you to it?
was it the pigs in grey suits
persecuting you?
uncivil servants unconcerned at how they frighten you? ¹
Life is nothing much to lose
it's just so lonely here without you
Mama, why did you do it?
Mama, who drove you to it?
spare priggish money-men who scared the life out of you
bailiffs with bad-breath
I will slit their throats for you
Life is nothing much to lose
it's just so lonely here
     without you, Mama
Life is nothing much to lose
it's just so lonely here without you, so
we're gonna run to you ²
we're gonna come to you ²
we're gonna lie down
          beside you, Mama
we're gonna be with you ³
we're gonna join you
we're gonna lie down
          beside you, Mama
and we will be safe and sheltered in our graves
we'll come before you
and we will kiss you ⁴
by way of one final hug, Mama

 

² In early live performances of the song Morrissey sometimes reversed those two lines.

³ In early live performances: "We're gonna run to you".

⁴ In early live performances: "and we will touch you"