Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Books
Canonical path: /the-books/motherless-bastard
Related lyric paths: 6
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Motherless Bastard
Read Motherless Bastard lyrics by The Books on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Motherless Bastard
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Child: "Mommy! Daddy...Mommy! Daddy!... Mom? Dad?"
Man: "You have no mother or father."
Child: "Yeah I do!"
Man: "No, they left; they went somewhere else."
Child: "No, you're right here! I do!"
Man: "I'm not; I don't know you."
Child: "Daddy... "
Man: "Don't touch me; don't call me that in public."
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The Books performs "Motherless Bastard", and this lyric page sits inside the The Books catalog on LyroVerse.
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