C
F
C
I started drinking and acting crazy
F
C
Way back in sixty-five
F
C
Mama would pray and say he’s my baby
G7
Lord please keep him alive
C
F
C
Sister came home with two little children
F
C
Her man had left her alone
F
C
Mama knew too well the hurt she was feeling
F
C
Cause Daddy had been gone so long
F
We all did our part
C
To add to her pain
F
We all broke her heart
G7
But she never complained
C
F
C
She loved a lot in her time
F
C
She watched love grow and die on the vine
F
C
So others could shine
G7
C
She loved a lot in her time
F
C
Mama’s prayers were answered a long time ago
F
C
I ain’t touched a drink in 10 years
F
C
Sister remarried to a good ol’ boy
G7
C
They don’t live far from here
F
Mama’s work is done
C
Now she’s gone on home
F
The words in our hearts
G7
Are engraved on her stone
C
F
C
She loved a lot in her time
F
C
She watched love grow and die on the vine
F
C
So others could shine
G7
C
She loved a lot in her time
G7
C
Mama you loved a lot in your time
F
G7
C
