[Verse 1]
Hey, hey baby (Baby)
As anyone can plainly see (Baby)
Your mother don't want me to have your love (Baby)
Why don't she want you with me? (Want you with me)
Why don't she want you with me?

[Verse 2]
Oh, baby (Baby)
I'm sure your mother means no harm (Baby)
It's just that she's so alarmed (Baby)
To think of her baby in someone else's arms (Someone else)
Someone else's arms

[Bridge]
Is it only me, or is the same thing true
With every guy who gives you the eye?
My life depends on what she tells you to do

[Chorus]
Oh baby baby (Baby)
I'm sure that if she knew (Baby)
How much I really care for you (Baby)
She'd say, "My son, I'm gonna give her to you" (Give her to you)
"I know your loving is true"
Ooh, ooh, baby (Baby)
I'm sure that if she knew (Baby)
How much I really care for you (Baby)
She'd say, "My son, I'm gonna give her to you" (Give her to you)
"I know your loving is true"

[Outro]
If she only knew (If your mother only knew)
How much I love you (If your mother only knew)
I'm sure she wouldn't hesitate (If your mother only knew)
Girl, to let me take you on a date (If your mother only knew)
Ooh hoo wee (If your mother only knew)
She cares so much for you (If your mother only knew)
A-cha cha cha cha cha cha cha cha cha (If your mother only knew)