Put Me In My Place Testo

He was just a child
When she left him there alone
He was just too wild
She was just too young
Too much to handle
He was always asking why
She didn't know the answers
She'd just hang her head and cry
He'd say 'Mama I'm afraid that no one can calm me down,
And I'm just scared that no one will know how to put me in my place
To put me in my place
To put me in my place
To put me in my place.
Where do I belong?'
Father never forgave him
For makin' mama leave
'You could up and die boy
It wouldn't bother me'
Send him off to school
Far, somewhere up north
Way too many rules to follow
He didn't have a choice, no
He'd say 'I'm so afraid that no one can calm me down,
And I'm just scared that no one will know how to put me in my place
To put me in my place
To put me in my place
To put me in my place.
Where do I belong?'
Put me in my place (where do I belong) (x4)
Now he's all grown up
And got a wife of his own
But he's started a family now
He's never home
She says 'How am I supposed to love you?
You're always out on the town
And how's your daughter gonna know you
If you won't come around?'
He goes to tuck her in
He can never sleep
And she turns to him
Thought it was all he'd need, he never sleeps, sleeps
She says, 'Dad I'm so afraid that no one can calm me down'
Said 'Baby, I can't believe this
I think we finally found out how
To put me in my place
Oh to put me in my place
Won't you just put me in my place
Where we belong (put me in my place)'
Put me in my place (where we belong) (x5)