I get up (he gets up) To see you wallow in defeat I get down (he gets down) With almost ev'rybody I meet except you And I fail to see why I should care That you have had thirty-six years of pain to share Did what I did what I did for you You've got the best of me Did what I did for you You've got the best of me I get up (he gets up) To see you look perpetually I get down (he gets down) To watch you fail spectactularly Oh boy And I fail to see why I should care That you have had thirty-seven years of pain to share Did what I did what I did for you You've got the best of me Did what I did for you You've got the best of me Did what I did what I did for you You've got the best of me Did what I did for you You've got the best of me Mamma Mamma