Shame and Scandal by (or at least covered by) Madness.
Mama Tried by Merle Haggard kinda fits.
My mother told me good
My mother told me strong.
She said “Be true to yourself
And you can’t go wrong.”
“But there’s just one thing
That you must understand.”
“You can fool with your brother
But don’t mess with a missionary man.”
*Mother told me, yes, she told me I’d meet girls like you
She also told me, “Stay away, you’ll never know what you’ll catch” *
Surrender - Cheap Trick
In Your Time, Bob Seger
Lenny Kravitz Mama Said
Also Puscifer Momma Said
Astrud GilbertoLook to the Rainbow
Gale Garnett We’ll Sing In The Sunshine
Boy. Is there a song with “Man” in it?
Okay, I’m gonna break the rules the same way. In terms of songs giving advice to parents, there’s another real good
one: “Papa Don’t Preach,” by Madonna.
These are all great, but none of them come close to the deep wisdom of “Monkey Farts”, as sung by Seamus Kennedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mlWrxIcm28.
The chorus of “Mama’s Broken Heart” by Miranda Lambert
Wow, great submissions all! I had time to think of another couple:
“Humble and Kind”, Tim McGraw
“Forever Young”, Bob Dylan
Sweat Loaf by the Butthole Surfers offers some sagely father’s advice to his son:
“Father?”
“Yes, son?”
“w-w-w-w-w-w-What does regret mean?”
“Well, son, a funny thing about regret is - that it’s better to regret something you have done, than something you haven’t done…”
The Nice offer up two versions of Daddy Were Did I Come From?
For some reason the first one is called the alternate version, even though that’s the one that appeared on the crazy The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack album.
Ya Ba Ye- Ofra Haza
Richard Thompson - “Mother Knows Best”