Mother’s Little Helper

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What a drag it is getting old

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Kids are different today,
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I hear ev’ry mother say
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Mother needs something today to calm her down
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And though she’s not really ill
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There’s a little yellow pill
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She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
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And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

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Things are different today,
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I hear ev’ry mother say
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Cooking fresh food for a husband’s just a drag
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So she buys an instant cake and she frys her frozen steak
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And goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
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And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day

chorus:
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Doctor please, some more of these
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Outside the door, she took four more
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What a drag it is getting old

Men just aren’t the same today
I hear ev’ry mother say
They just don’t appreciate that you get tired
They’re so hard to satisfy, you can tranquilize your mind
So go running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper
And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight