Mindless Child of Motherhood lyrics

I've been traveling a long time,

To be just where you are.

In dreams I have seen you,

But you are so very far.

How long must I travel on,

To be just where you are?

How long must I travel on,

To be just where you are?

I was your friend,

I was a fool,

I feel for you, though we're far apart.

I see your face,

Lost without trace,

I see your mind, just an empty space.

Mindless child of motherhood,

You have lost the thing that's good.

Mindless child of motherhood,

You have lost the thing that's good.

I know that it's not fair,

To bare a bastard son,

But why do you hide there,

When we could have shared a love?

How long must I travel on,

To be just where you are?

How long must I travel on,

To be just where you are?

I was your friend,

I was a fool,

I feel for you, though we're far apart.

I see your face,

Lost without trace,

I see your mind, just an empty space.

Mindless child of motherhood,

You have lost the thing that's good.

Mindless child of motherhood,

You have lost the thing that's good.

• Artist:The Kinks
• Album:Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969)