Mamaw

Well, you never lacked for nothin’
And you kept me the same
I was a child and you were growin’ old
Mama let you love me and you staked your claim
I was a child in your household

Well, I heard you once drank some whiskey
And you let me fall
I could’n’a been more’n’a year old
After that you didn’t touch no whiskey at all
I was a child in your household

On a winter hillside
We all recite the scriptures of belief
My brother’s standin’ by my side
His shoulders a shakin’ in his grief
For Mamaw, Mamaw
God has many mansions or so I’m told
I was a child in your household

Well, I got the news by message
On the station phone
Mother of my mother she was Grampa’s bride
They needed me beside them sayin’ life goes on
The love she gave us it will abide

On a winter hillside
I pour out now a fountain of my grief
My brother’s standin’ by my side
Passin’ thru us there is one belief
In Mamaw, Mamaw
Is your soul at home now within the fold
I was a child in your household


Oh, didn’t you find my Sheriff’s badge
When I was seven
Didn’t you let me drive your car
When I was eleven and a half
Didn’t we laugh, didn’t we laugh, didn’t we…laugh

Grampa gets up and Mama helps him stand
It’s hit her so hard that she can’t talk
Everyone moves off as if by silent command
Oh Lord what a lonesome road to walk

On a winter hillside
Two gravediggers lounge upon the lawn
They wait there so politely
'Til the last one in the family is gone
Mamaw, Mamaw there’s a change in the light
And now the day grows old
I was a child in your household

Oh, God has many mansions
Or so I’m told
I was a child in your household
Mamaw, Mamaw, Mamaw