When You`re Good To Mama — текст песни (Chicago The Musical)

And now ladies and gentlemen -

the Keeper of the keys,

the Countess of the clink,

the mistress of Murderers Row,

Matron Mama Morton!



Ask any of the chickies in my pen

They`ll tell you I`m the biggest Mutha. . . .Hen

I love them all and all of them love me -

Because the system works;

the system called reciprocity!



Got a little motto

Always sees me through -

When you`re good to Mama

Mama`s good to you!



There`s a lot of favors

I`m prepared to do -

You do one for Mama

She`ll do one for you!



They say that life is tit for tat

And that`s the way I live -

So, I deserve a lot of tat

For what I`ve got to give!



Don`t you know that this

hand washes that one too -

When you`re good to Mama

Mama`s good to you!



If you want my gravy

Pepper my raggoo -

Spice it up for Mama

She`ll get hot for you!



When they pass that basket

Folks conribute too -

You put in for Mama

She`ll put out for you!



The folks a top the ladder

are the ones the world adores -

So boost me up the ladder kid

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

Mama`s good to you!!