When You're Good To Mama-Meg Johnson/Ute Lemper/Alistair David

[ti:When You're Good To Mama (From 'Chicago')] [ar:Meg Johnson] [al:Chicago, The London Cast Recording] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.14]And now ladies and gentlemen [00:04.20]The Keeper of the keys [00:05.89]The Countess of the clink [00:07.52]The mistress of Murderers Row [00:10.02]Matron Mama Morton [00:13.44] [00:24.87]Ask any of the chickies in my pen [00:29.95]They'll tell you I'm the biggest Mutha [00:33.79] [00:36.44]I love them all and all of them love me [00:41.70] [00:43.20]Because the system works; [00:45.01]The system called reciprocity [00:51.99] [00:58.16]Got a little motto [01:01.10]Always sees me through [01:04.12]When you're good to Mama [01:07.06]Mama's good to you [01:10.25] [01:11.63]There's a lot of favors [01:14.54]I'm prepared to do [01:17.61]You do one for Mama [01:20.42]She'll do one for you [01:24.14] [01:24.77]They say that life is tit for tat [01:27.71]And that's the way I live [01:30.60]So I deserve a lot of tat [01:33.79]For what I've got to give [01:37.10]Don't you know that this hand [01:39.93]Washes that one too [01:42.80]When you're good to Mama [01:45.84]Mama's good to you [01:51.81] [02:23.37]If you want my gravy [02:26.34]Pepper my rague [02:28.44] [02:29.21]Spice it up for Mama [02:31.97]She'll get hot for you [02:34.97] [02:36.52]When they pass that basket [02:39.34]Folks conribute to [02:42.40]You put in for Mama [02:45.28]She'll put out for you [02:48.57] [02:49.50]The folks a top the ladder [02:51.89]Are the ones the world adores [02:55.41]So boost me up my ladder kid [02:58.42]And I'll boost you up yours [03:01.55]Let's all stroke together [03:04.42]Like the Princeton crew [03:07.36]When you're strokin' Mama [03:10.24]Mama's strokin' you [03:13.78] [03:14.41]So what's the one conclusion [03:16.54]I can bring this number to [03:19.92] [03:21.54]When you're good to Mama [03:27.01]Mama's good to you