A Letter To My Mama

Oh, I need to write a letter

Put it down in black and white

No a phone call just won't cut it

Not the way I feel tonight

A letter to my mama

From the bottom of my heart

"I'm sorry" is a real good place to start

I'm sorry I was selfish

Just chalk it up to youth

I got too old to need you

That's just running from the truth

I'm sorry things didn't work out

For you and my old man

Sometimes life don't turn out

Like you plan

Looking back I wonder how

You ever pulled us through

I can't imagine walking in your shoes

If I could stop this pen from shaking

I'd write these words down too

There's no one in this world I love like you

Oh, I've written down the memories

Of these sixty-some-odd years

Trying hard to just say "thank you"

As I wipe away the tears

I hear my grandson calling

So I guess I'd better go

I can never pay you back the love I owe

Oh, I finished up the letter

Put it down in black and white

No, a phone call wouldn't cut it

Not the way I feel tonight

A letter to my mama

From the bottom of my heart

The very bottom of my heart