Songwriter: David Steele Roland Gift
Producer: Roland Gift David Steele Andy Cox
When the friends can't be found
And the girl is out of town
I come home to an empty house
The telephone is all I have
When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
There's a club I can't get in
Every week it's the same damn thing
I get mad I want to cry
It's my skin they don't like
When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Now my world don't look good
Not the way I know it should
And my time is running short
I didn't do all I ought
When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
And the girl is out of town
I come home to an empty house
The telephone is all I have
When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
There's a club I can't get in
Every week it's the same damn thing
I get mad I want to cry
It's my skin they don't like
When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Now my world don't look good
Not the way I know it should
And my time is running short
I didn't do all I ought
When my plans don't work out
Mama says, don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
more tracks from the album
From the album
- The Raw & The Cooked (1988)
Fine Young Cannibals popular songs
- She Drives Me Crazy
- Good Thing
- Since You’ve Been Gone
- Don’t Look Back
- Ever Fallen in Love
- I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Monster mix)
- As Hard As It Is
- I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Smith & Mighty version)
- Couldn’t Care More
- Johnny Come Home (Johnny Takes a Trip Mix)
- I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Jazzie B & Nellee Hooper version)
- The Flame (Armand van Helden’s Ghostphunk mix)
- She Drives Me Crazy (The Monie Love mix)
- Suspicious Minds (Suspicious mix)
- Johnny Come Home (Extended mix)
- Move To Work
- I’m Not Satisfied (New York Rap version)
- Don’t Ask Me To Choose
- Suspicious Minds
- Johnny Come Home
- Baby Dont Look Back
- Johnny Come Home (Mark Moore 12" version)
- Funny How Love Is
- She Drives Me Crazy (David Z 12" version)