when i said i'd follow you down it's not the short of thing that you should take for granted and when you said you needed your space you didn't have to reap all the seeds we've planted but that's when you said you'd need more that you could get with me now every time i open my eyes you're doing all the things that you always hated like a grudge you carry around what'd i ever do to leave you so damn jaded if you're too good to be hanging around i'll close your book and i'll put it down but that don't matter anyhow mama's girl's a rebel now when you said you needed some time i never tried to make it shorter and when you said you needed some change i was always there with a dime and quarter and that's when you said you'd need more that you could get from me now every time i open my eyes you're doing all the things that you always hated like a grudge you carry around what'd i ever do to leave you so damn jaded if you're too good to be hanging around i'll close your book and i'll put it down but that don't matter anyhow mama's girl's a rebel now she don't need anybody else at least not me to love and comfort her share with her my life's philosophy and i know that she is wrong and now she's down where she belongs and I'll just wait and see bide my time 'till she comes back to me (solo) but that's when you said you'd need more that you could take from me now every time i open my eyes you're doing all the things that you always hated like a grudge you carry around what'd i ever do to leave you so damn jaded if you're too good to be hanging around i'll close your book and i'll put it down but that don't matter anyhow mama's girl's a rebel now mama's girl's a rebel now mama's girl's a rebel now mama's girl's a rebel now