words and music by Craig Taubman, craignco.com
Lyrics:
My mother called me a name today
This awkward word I heard her say
My mother called me...His mother called him that name
It wasn't like any other word I had heard what a word
My mother called me...His mother called him that name

CHORUS:
Sticks and stones can break my bones
But names will never hurt me
But you can bet what mamma said
Really did alert me

I did my chores I listened real well
I brushed my hair my teeth my dog not once did I yell
And mom still called me...His mother called him that name
I did my homework didn't whimper or whine
I even helped my dad cut back some bougainvillea vine
My momma called me...His mother called him that name

Of all the words that she could use
There's plain and simply no excuse
To choose a word that rhymes
With French and bench and trench and stench
CHORUS:
My mother called me a name today
This awkward word I heard her say
My mother called me...(His mother called him)
My mother called me
My mother called me a...Mensch