SONG: When You re Good To Mama
ARTIST: John Kander & Fred Ebb
From the musical, Chicago
Ask any of the chickies in my pen
They ll tell you I m the biggest mother hen
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I love them all and all of them love me
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Because the system works the system called reciprocity
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Got a little motto
Always sees me through
When you re good to Mama
Mama s good to you
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There s a lot of favors
I m prepared to do
You do one for Mama
She ll do one for you
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They say that life is tit for tat
And that s the way I live
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So I deserve a lotta tat
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For what I ve got to give
Don t you know that this hand
Washes that one too
When you re good to Mama
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Mama s good to you
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If you want my gravy
Pepper my ragout
Spice it up for Mama
She ll get hot for you
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When the pass that basket
Folks contribute to
You put in for Mama
She ll put out for you
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The folks atop the ladder
Are the ones the world adores
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So boost me up my ladder kid
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And I ll boost you up yours
Let s all stroke together
Like the Princeton Crew
When you re strokin Mama
Mama s strokin you
So what s the one conclusion
I can bring this number to?
When you re good to Mama
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Mama s good to you
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