I STARTED DRINKIN' 
AND ACTIN' CRAZY 
WAY BACK IN 

SIXTY-FIVE 
MAMA WOULD PRAY 
AND SAY 
HE'S MY BABY 

LORD PLEASE 
KEEP HIM ALIVE 
SISTER CAME HOME 
WITH TWO 

LITTLE CHILDREN 
HER MAN HAD 
LEFT HER ALONE 
MAMA KNEW TOO WELL 

THE HURT 
SHE WAS FEELING 
'CAUSE DADDY 
HAD BEEN GONE 

SO LONG 
WE ALL DID OUR PART 
TO ADD TO HER PAIN 
WE ALL BROKE 

HER HEART 
BUT SHE NEVER 
COMPLAINED 
SHE LOVED A LOT 

IN HER TIME 
SHE WATCHED 
LOVE GROW 
AND DIE ON THE VINE 

SHE STOOD IN 
THE SHADOWS 
SO OTHERS 
COULD SHINE 

SHE LOVED A LOT 
IN HER TIME 

MAMA'S PRAYERS 

WERE ANSWERED 
A LONG TIME AGO 
I AIN'T TOUCHED A DRINK 
IN TEN YEARS 

SISTER REMARRIED 
TO A GOOD 'OL BOY 
THEY DON'T LIVE FAR 
FROM HERE 

MAMA'S WORK IS DONE 
NOW SHE'S GONE 
ON HOME 
THE WORDS IN OUR 

HEARTS ARE ENGRAVED 
ON HER STONE 
SHE LOVED A LOT 
IN HER TIME 

SHE WATCHED 
LOVE GROW 
AND DIE ON THE VINE 
SHE STOOD IN 

THE SHADOWS 
SO OTHERS 
COULD SHINE 
SHE LOVED A LOT 

IN HER TIME 
SHE STOOD IN 
THE SHADOWS 
SO OTHERS 

COULD SHINE 
SHE LOVED A LOT 
IN HER TIME 
MAMA 

YOU LOVED A LOT 
IN YOUR TIME