Lyrics:

I remember the day
I called mama on the telephone
I told her 'Mama I'm getting married'
I could hear her voice
On the other side of the telephone
She was smiling
And she asked me a question that I proudly answered
She said 'Son did you take time to know her?'
I said 'Mama, she's the best'
But today it hurts me so
To go back to mama and say
'Mama I'm getting divorced!'
'Oh, I'm getting divorced!'

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice I made
It hurts me so mama
This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice of mine, oh!
Mama said to me

It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you will make it
You'll be happy again
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you will make it
You'll be happy again

I remember in church
When the preacher read the scriptures
You looked so beautiful, so beautiful and innocent
I did not know that behind that beauty
Lies the true colours that will destroy me in the near future

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would be
Oh mama
This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would be
Now I'm hurting

I remember when I held you
By the hand preacher-man read the scriptures
Putting words in your mouth
Maybe what the preacher-man said
Was not something that was within you
Now I know what they mean when they say
'Beautiful woman is another man's plaything'
Oh Lord I'm hurting now

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice of mine, oh!
Mama said to me

It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you will make it
You'll be happy again
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you will make it
You'll be happy again