My mama says, you're doing yourself in, you're doing yourself in, where should I begin? My mama says, you burn the candle at both ends, always out with all your friends, burn the candle at both ends You drink too much, you smoke too much, you stay up late each night You're always in the pub after work and then you don't get up on time It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life Until the morning comes, until the morning comes My mama says, you're burning yourself out, oh without no doubt, you're burning yourself out My mama says, you're wasting your life away, you sleep through every day, you're wasting your life away You drink too much, you smoke too much, you stay up late each night You're always in the pub after work and then you don't get up on time It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life Until the morning comes, until the morning comes You'll never believe in what happened this evening The joke wasn't funny and lost on the policeman He said, I detest you, in fact I arrest you You drink too much, you smoke too much, you stay out every night It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful life Until the morning comes