(MAMA HAD)
Words and Music by
Verse 1
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY MAMA SAID...
“BE HAPPY FOR ALL YOU GOT”,
WE LIVED IN A SHACK NEAR MEMPHIS,
HAD A BROKE-DOWN PICK-UP TRUCK,
AN’ DADDY HAD TO WORK TWO JOBS...
BUT HE NEVER GOT AHEAD,
HE WORKED TWELVE HOURS EVERY DAY...
JUST TO KEEP THE FAMILY FED...
Chorus
MAMA HAD WISDOM IN HER WORDS...
BUT I DIDN’T KNOW IT THEN,
MAMA HAD WISDOM IN HER WORDS...
BUT I WAS ONLY TEN............
Verse 2
AN’ MAMA SAID ‘APPRECIATE...
THE RICHES YOU HAVE GOT,
DON’T ENVY ALL THE NEIGHBORS...
JUST BECAUSE THEY’VE GOT A LOT”,
I WISH I KNEW THE WISDOM...
IN MAMA’S WORDS BACK THEN,
BUT IT’S HARD TO SEE THE WISDOM...
WHEN YOU’RE POOR AND ONLY TEN...
Chorus (Repeat Chorus)
Verse 3
AN’ I GREW UP AN’ WORKED ‘TIL I...
WAS OUT OF POVERTY,
I WORKED TOO HARD TO WORRY...
ABOUT HAVIN’ A FAMILY...,
AN’ NOW I’M OLD, WITH MONEY...,
MORE THAN I COULD EVER SPEND,
BUT I WAS SO MUCH RICHER...
BEIN’ POOR AND ONLY TEN...
Chorus (Repeat Chorus)
Tag
MAMA HAD WISDOM IN HER WORDS,
IN THE WORDS SHE SPOKE BACK THEN,
AN’ I GUESS I HAD MORE RICHES...
WHEN I WAS ONLY TEN.
Copyright 1992 by Mickey McBride and Carol Stone
WISDOM IN HER WORDS
Carol Stone and Mickey McBride
Copyright 1999 by Staff And Note Music Publishing Co.(BMI)
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