Mamaw

You never lacked for nothing
 And you kept me the same
 I was a child
 And you were growing 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 couldn't've been more than 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 standing by my side
 His shoulders are shaking 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 Grandpa's bride
 They needed me beside them
 Saying, "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 standing by my side
 Passing through us, there is one belief
 In Mamaw
 Mamaw
 Is your soul at home now?
 With manifold
 I was a child in your household
 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?
 Grandpa gets up
 And Mama helps him stand
 It's hit her so hard, she can't talk
 Everyone moves on 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
 Till 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