Mama

The bright lights of the city are a pretty site to see.

Perhaps they're extra pretty to a country girl like me.

Temptation waits at every turn and it won't let me be.

So mama, when you pray tonight, say a special prayer for me.

I miss your tender good-night kiss

Of love and understanding.

The good-night kisses I get now,

Are cruel and so demanding.

So mama when you pray tonight,

And while you're on your knees,

Mama say a special prayer for me.

The nights get cold and lonely when you're faraway from home,

And lonely makes it easy for a good girl to go wrong.

Evil eyes search through the night for lonely girls like me,

So mama when you pray tonight, say a special prayer for me.

I miss your tender good-night kiss

Of love and understanding.

The good-night kisses I get now,

Are cruel and so demanding.

So mama when you pray tonight,

And while you're on your knees,

Mama say a special prayer for me.