Mother And Child Reunion:Paul Simon. Simon's first hit as a solo artist. #5 in UK and #4 in USA in '72. INTRO: (x2) CHORUS: No, I would not give you false hope, on this strange and mournful day, but the mother and child re..un..ion is only a motion away. #1. Oh, whoa, little darling of mine, I can't for the life of me, remember a sadder day, I know they say, let it be, but it just don't work out that way, and the course of a lifetime runs, over and over again. CHORUS: #2. Oh, whoa, little darling of mine, I just can't believe it’s so, and though it seems strange to say, I've never been laid so low, in such a mysterious way, and the course of a lifetime runs, over and over again. CHORUS: OUTRO: Oh, the mother and child reunion is only a motion away, Oh, the mother and child re..un..ion is only a motion away(x2.) A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.