[Instrumental Intro]

[Chorus]

Have you seen your mother, baby

Standing in the shadow?

Have you had another, baby

Standing in the shadow?

[Verse 1]

I'm glad I opened your eyes

The have-nots would've tried

To freeze you in ice

[Chorus]

Have you seen your brother, baby

Standing in the shadow?

Have you had another, baby

Standing in the shadow?

[Verse 2]

Well, I was just passing the time

I'm all alone, won't you give

All your sympathy to mine?

[Bridge]

Tell me a story about how you adore me

Live in the shadow, see through the shadow

Glimpse through the shadow, tear at the shadow

Hate the shadow, love in the shadow life

(Well, I said have)

[Chorus]

Have you seen your lover, baby

Standing in the shadow?

Has he had another, baby

Standing in the shadow?

[Verse 3]

Just where have you been all your life?

Talking about all the people

Who would try anything twice, oh

[Chorus]

Have you seen your mother, baby

Standing in the shadow?

Has she had another, baby

Standing in the shadow?

[Verse 4]

Well, you take your choice at the time

The brave old world or the slide

To the depths of decline? Oh, decline

[Instrumental Outro]