When you wake up in the morning and the bold centurion Comes through the door to say she's gone And loneliness is draped in flames designed to drive you blind Hey mama, you've been on my mind Ah, noiselessly the memory does spiral spins around The vision crowning all the sounds And to see the golden goddess settling down the line Hey mama, you've been on my mind And the yellow hair reflecting all the shadows from the dreams That screamed extremes solve all, it seems But there exists no pathways to leave the past behind Hey mama, you've been on my mind On my mind On my mind Ah, the ship rests in the harbor But the ship ain't got no sail Besides the sail ain't got not gale And the portrait scene is waiting to be taken by the tide Hey mama, you've been on my mind On my mind On my mind