Featuring: Brooke Elliott Raúl Esparza Euan Morton
Songwriter: Boy George Richie Stevens John Themis Kevan Frost
GEORGE
I'm turning my back on this life for as long as I can
Someone make me star 'cause I sure as hell can't be a man
I'm too fragile and clever you know
And this universe just leaves me cold
I'm just hanging around here, I'm longing for someone to hold
You always knew didn't you Mother
You always knew as mothers always do
You always knew didn't you Mother
I was a stranger in this world
This dumb education was never quite part of my plan
So you left me to ruin but I'll always know who I am
I'm too fragile and clever you see
And your universe just leaves me cold
I'm just hanging around here, I'm longing for someone to hold
You always knew didn't you Mother
You always knew as mothers always do
You always knew didn't you Mother
I was a stranger in this world
BIG SUE
Whoever told you that these were the days of our lives?
PHILIP
The sweet boys they crumble, and the wicked ones rise and survive
ALL
And they're running our lives, yes they're running our lives
GEORGE
You always knew didn't you Mother
You always knew as mothers always do
You always knew didn't you Mother
I was a stranger in this world
On a clear day, I can see myself for miles
Oh Mother, oh Mother
On a clear day
Oh Mother, Oh Mother, Oh Mother...
I'm turning my back on this life for as long as I can
Someone make me star 'cause I sure as hell can't be a man
I'm too fragile and clever you know
And this universe just leaves me cold
I'm just hanging around here, I'm longing for someone to hold
You always knew didn't you Mother
You always knew as mothers always do
You always knew didn't you Mother
I was a stranger in this world
This dumb education was never quite part of my plan
So you left me to ruin but I'll always know who I am
I'm too fragile and clever you see
And your universe just leaves me cold
I'm just hanging around here, I'm longing for someone to hold
You always knew didn't you Mother
You always knew as mothers always do
You always knew didn't you Mother
I was a stranger in this world
BIG SUE
Whoever told you that these were the days of our lives?
PHILIP
The sweet boys they crumble, and the wicked ones rise and survive
ALL
And they're running our lives, yes they're running our lives
GEORGE
You always knew didn't you Mother
You always knew as mothers always do
You always knew didn't you Mother
I was a stranger in this world
On a clear day, I can see myself for miles
Oh Mother, oh Mother
On a clear day
Oh Mother, Oh Mother, Oh Mother...
more tracks from the album
Taboo Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Give Me A Freak / Ode To Attention Seekers
- Everything Taboo
- Talk Amongst Yourselves
- The Fame Game
- I See Through You
- Ich Bin Kunst
- Petrefied
- Out of Fashion
- Il Adore
- Church of the Poison Mind / Karma Chameleon
- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
- Love is a Question Mark
- Stranger in this World
- Safe in the City
- Dressed to Kill
- Genocide Peroxide
- I’ll Have You All
- Sexual Confusion
- Pretty Lies
- Guttersnipe
- Come on in from the Outside
From the album
Taboo Original Broadway Cast popular songs
- Give Me A Freak / Ode To Attention Seekers
- Stranger in this World
- Safe in the City
- Dressed to Kill
- Genocide Peroxide
- I’ll Have You All
- Sexual Confusion
- Pretty Lies
- Guttersnipe
- Love is a Question Mark
- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
- Church of the Poison Mind / Karma Chameleon
- Everything Taboo
- Talk Amongst Yourselves
- The Fame Game
- I See Through You
- Ich Bin Kunst
- Petrefied
- Out of Fashion
- Il Adore
- Come on in from the Outside