Many too many, have stood where I stand           Many more will stand here too,           But I think what I find strange is the way you build me up Then knocked me down again     The part was fun but now it's over           Why can't I just leave the stage          Maybe that's because you securely locked me up Then threw away the key     Oh Mama     Please would you find the key     Oh pretty Mama     Please won't you let me go free               I thought I was lucky     I thought that I'd got it made     How could I be so  blind     You said good bye on a corner         That I thought led to the straight          You set me on a firmly laid and simple course And then removed the road        Oh Mama     Please would you find the key     Oh pretty Mama     Please won't you let me go free               I thought I was lucky     I thought that I'd got it made     How could I be so  blind