[Verse 1]
There's a time and a place and the place it is now
Take the smile off your face while you're dressed like a cow
And you're frolicking round, your legs are in the air
There's a smile on your face but it's covered in hair
Do you want it?
Do you want it?

[Verse 2]
You run through the streets like the whore that you are
And you hope pretty soon you'll be struck by the car
But the light of the day tries to keep you afloat
While there's pain in your stomach and there's pain in your throat
Do you want it?
Do you want it?

[Refrain]
Mother would you take me
Anon, anon
For I have nothing, no more baby
Nah nah, she's gone, anon

[Bridge]
I tried to take the word and what you said
I tried to take the word but the word was dead
I did not want it
And in the light of day it all seemed well
Or was it just a dream, she could not tell
Oh, but how she wanted

[Verse 3]
There's a time and a place and the place it is now
Take that smile off your face while you're dressed like a cow
When you're frolicking round with your legs in the air
Smile on your face but it's covered in hair
Do you want it?
Oh do you want it?

[Verse 4]
Just imagine a life as a baby and a wife
What the times would look like when compared to the knife
But the money's not there so you sit in despair
Curse at the sky with a cry, "It's not fair"
Do you want it?
Oh please tell me do you want it?

[Bridge]
The rapture of the autumn eve lead to a fate no-one believed
Taking to the table where she wrote, she held herself a vote
A vote between the good and bad, with all she'd seen and all she'd had
Nancy tried to take the night, but now she's gone removed from sight

[Refrain]
And now yeah
Mother would you take me, anon, anon
For I have nothing, no more baby
She's gone, anon

[Outro]
If I could take it back now
Would I take it back now?
If he could take it back now
Would he take it back now?

Nancy took the night and she's gone, anon