Have you seen your mother, baby
Standing in the shadow?
Have you had another, baby
Standing in the shadow?
I'm glad I opened your eyes
The have-nots would have tried
To freeze you in ice
Have you seen your brother, baby
Standing in the shadow?
Have you had another baby
Standing in the shadow?
Well, I was just passing the time
I'm all alone
Won't you give
All your sympathy to mine?
Tell me a story
About how you adore me
Live in the shadow
See through the shadow
Live through the shadow
Tear at the shadow
Hate in the shadow
And love in your shadowy life
Have you seen your lover, baby
Standing in the shadow?
Has he had another baby
Standing in the shadow?
Baby, where have you been
All your life?
Talking about all the people
Who should try
Anything twice
Have you seen your mother, baby
Standing in the shadow?
Have you had another baby
Standing in the shadow?
You take your choice at this time
The brave old world or the slide
To the depths of decline