Mother’s Little Helper Lyrics

[Intro]
What a drag it is getting old

[Verse 1]
"Kids are different today"
I hear every mother say
Mother needs something today
To calm her down

And though she's not really ill
There's a little yellow pill

[Chorus]
She goes running for the shelter
Of her mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way
Gets her through her busy day

[Verse 2]
"Things are different today"
I hear every mother say
Cooking fresh food for her husband's just a drag
So she buys an instant cake
And she burns a frozen steak


[Chorus]
And goes running for the shelter
Of her mother's little helper
And two help her on her way
Get her through her busy day
[Verse 4]
"Life's just much too hard today"
I hear every mother say
The pursuit of happiness
Just seems a bore

And if you take more of those
You will get an overdose


[Chorus]
No more running for the shelter
Of a mother's little helper
They just helped you on your way
Through your busy, dying day


[Outro]
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Genius Annotation

A 1966 hit. The first ever(?) song dedicated to a pill? Hail the Diazepam (aka Vallium).

The B side was “Lady Jane”.

Both can be found on Stones' fourth album, Aftermath (UK version), their first containing only Jagger/Richards written songs.

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