Boy of mine
As your fortune comes to carry you down the line
And you watch as the changes unfold

And you sort among the stories you've been told
If some pieces of the picture are hard to find
And the answers to your questions are hard to hold


Take good care of your mother
When you're making up your mind

Should one thing or another take you from behind
Though the world may make you hard and wild
And determine how your life is styled

When you've come to feel that you're the only child
Take good care of your brother


Let the disappointments pass
Let the laughter fill your glass
Let your illusions last until they shatter

Whatever you might hope to find
Among the thoughts that crowd your mind
There won't be many that ever really matter


But take good care of your mother
And remember to be kind

When the pain of another will serve you to remind
That there are those who feel themselves exiled
On whom the fortune never smiled

And upon whose life the heartache has been piled
They're just looking for another
Lonely child


And when you've found another soul
Who sees into your own

Take good care of each other