C'mon son you gotta row my heart is all at sea C'mon wind you gotta blow my baby back to me He rowed out a boy, c'mon home a man I waited night after night Feeling half of who I am C'mon son you gotta wed now find yourself a girl Maybe it's all in my head now or out there in the world I dream of a boat, empty as a grave Coming night after night, coming wave after wave Mama don't cry mama don't cry, cry Nobody gonna wipe your eye Mama don't pray mama don't pray, pray Nobody hears a word you say Mama don't wait mama wait no more Nobody walking through the door Mama don't cry mama don't cry, cry Nobody gonna wipe your eye Cmon son you gotta reap now reap what you have sown Cmon I gotta sleep now and I can't sleep alone I worked you like a man You were just a child Growing cold in the hills Getting old before your time Maybe your Daddy was wrong now to treat you like a man Now that your Daddy is gone I'm doing the best I can But you rowed out angry You were churning like a wave and now I dream of a boat Coming empty as a grave