Mama Sang For MeCifra

Intro 

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Verso 1:

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Not so very long ago when I was young, and time was mine to spend 
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I'd do what little boys would do all day until the sun sank low again 
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When supper time was over I'd climb the stairs and try to fall asleep 
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I'd close my eyes, say my prayers, and Mama always sang a song for me 



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She'd sing Jesus hold my hand 
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Oh how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me 
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She sang Lord I saw the light 
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Everything would be alright when Mama sang for me 


Verso 2:

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Years went by like summertime, one day I grew up and moved away 
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Against my better judgment I was easily and often led astray 
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But it seemed no matter where I went, whatever kind of trouble I would find 
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Mama's voice would echo through the cold and lonely corners of my mind 



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She'd sing Jesus hold my hand 
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Oh how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me 
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She sang Lord I saw the light 
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Everything would be alright when Mama sang for me 


Verso 3:

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I don't try to count the miles or moments that have forced themselves between 
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And I can't take back the things I've done or be a better man than I have been 
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But some nights I'd do anything to hear my mama sing once again 
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So I close my eyes, say my prayers 
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In the stillness I remember when 



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She'd sing Jesus hold my hand 
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Oh how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me 
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She sang Lord I saw the light 
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Everything would be alright when Mama sang for me 
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She'd sing Jesus hold my hand 
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Oh how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me 
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She sang Lord I saw the light 
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Everything would be alright when Mama sang for me 
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Everything would be alright when Mama sang for me