Mama

(Charlie Aldridge)



(Mama, mama, it's gettin' closer to the end

Mama, mama, can I come home again?)



Where did the years go mama

Why it seemed like only yesterday

That we were man and wife

That was in the springtime of our years

When everything pointed to the good life.



It started when we lost the boy mama

I turned to the bottle to ease the pain

Oh, I loved him so much mama

When I woke up it was too late to change.



Oh, I went by to school lots of times mama

To see how our two girls was gettin' along

You sure done a fine job raisen 'em mama

Too bad I had to let you do it all alone.



Somehow you never married again mama

Though I know you could've wed any man you ever do

I tried it again, no, it didn't last

I just couldn't find another girl like you.



I parked up on top of the hill

Above your house lots of nights mama

Thinkin' of what could've been

It seemed somehow it helped bein' close to you

While I was wishin', wishin' I could come in.



I'm gettin' cold mama

The candle I've burned on both ends is flickering low

There's a stranger at my shoulder mama

He's come for me

Goodbye mama, I love you mama...