Intro: Verse: Can't you hear your mama talking She told you to hush your idling tongue Sit down in your chair boy, Eat your supper, leave your brother alone Lead In: -- I was once, -- just like you --I was green and Blue Verse: Well my mother told my father one day How much she had loved her life with him Then she rose up from her body and she vanished in the blue and green spring. Lead In: --She was once, -- Just like me -- Now shes gone into the blue and green. Instrumental: