She hit the door at 6:55 
Sack full of groceries split down the side
Can goods scattered all the way to the curb
Look on her face saying don't say a word
So, it's me and her and a can of beans 
Sitting there on the front porch swing
Western sky all turning red
Head on my shoulder she sighed and said:

Been gopherin, chaufferin, company chairmen
Coffee maker, Copy repairman
Anymore there's nothing I swear that I don't do
Been juggling, struggling, closing big deals
Dancing backwards in high heels
Just when it feels like I can't make it through
She said it sure is nice to just be the woman with you

She said the girl I was with the business degree 
Probably wouldn't recognize me
I was going to run the bank
I was going to run the math
Now all I want to run is a bubble bath
Back then you know I had this plan
Before all of this reality set in
Here comes life boy ready or not
Hey, I wanted it all and thats what I got

Cause I'm gopherin, chaufferin, company chairmen
Coffee maker, Copy repairman
Anymore there's nothing I swear man that I don't do
Been juggling, struggling, closing big deals
Dancing backwards in high heels
Just when it feels like I can't make it through
She said it sure is nice to just be the woman with you

She started her life ten dollars in debt 
That's all it took to get started back then 
A trip to the courthouse across the state line 
No one could stop her...she made up her mind 

He was 18 and she wasn't, but she said she was 
And never thought twice 
And came back home as my daddy's wife
She just shook her head when her mama said 
Are you sure he's the one?... 
She was 

He took a job and farmed on the side 
He made the ends meet but she kept them tied 
Changes were comin' to their little world 
She said, what would you like...a boy or a girl? 

And he said are you?...and she said she was 
And never thought twice 
'Bout takin' the next step and buildin' their lives
Soon there were three and she tried to be 
Everything to us... 
And she was 

Those precious moments turned into years 
In what seemed like the blink of an eye 
I held her hand as I leaned down to ask her 
Mommy, are you ready to say goodbye 

And she said she was 
But she thought twice
Holdin' my hand as she let go of life 
Daddy always said a woman like her 
would be hard to give up 
And she was 

If there ever was a picture of love.... 
She was

My brother said that I was rotten to the core.
I was the youngest child, so I got by with more.
I guess she was tired by the time I came along-
She'd laugh until she cried
I could do no wrong.
She would always save me, 
because I was her baby.

I worked a factory in Ohio,
A shrimp boat in the Bayou,
I drove a truck in Birmingham. 
Turned twenty-one in Cincinnati,
I called home to Mom and Daddy,
I said,"Your boy is now a man."
She said. "I don't care if you're 80, 
"You'll always be my baby."

She loved that photograph 
of our whole family.
She'd always point us out
for all her friends to see.
"That's Greg- he's doing great. 
He really loves his job.
"And Ronnie with his two kids. 
How 'bout that wife he's got!
  And that one's kinda crazy, 
but that one is my baby."

I got a call in Alabama, 
Said, "Come on home to Louisianna, 
 And come as fast as you can fly.
'Cause your momma really needs you, 
And says she's got to see you. 
And she might not 
make it through the night."
The whole way I drove eighty,
So she could see her baby.

She looked like she was sleepin',
And my family had been weepin',
By the time that I got to her side.
And I knew that she'd been taken, 
And my heart, it was breakin', 
 I never got to say goodbye.
I softly kissed that lady, 
And cried just like a baby.

So, I just had to say to him
Are you telling me
You've never seen an angel?
Never felt the presence
Of one standing by?
No robe of white
No halo in sight
Well, you missed the most obvious thing
Man are you blind?
Just look in your mother's eyes!

And then I said
Who went through the pain
And smiled through the tears on the day of your birth?
She counted your fingers and toes
And thanked God you were whole
Son, you ought to know who loved you first.

That's right.

And who always came running
Evertime you cried out
And how many more things have you forgotten about?
And who tried their best
To teach you wrong from right?
And how many nights
Did she leave on the light
While she waited and prayed
Till you came in?
And who'll be there for you
Right up to the end?

Think about it man.

Are you telling me
You've never seen an angel?
Never felt the presence
of one standing by?
No robe of white
No holo in sight
Well. you missed the most obvious thing
Ah, man are you blind
Just look in your mother's eyes.

Mamma
You gave life to me
Turned a baby into a lady

Mamma
All you had to offer
Was the promise of a lifetime of love

Now I know
There is no other
Love like a mother's love for her child

And I know
A love so complete
Someday must leave
Must say goodbye

Goodbye's the saddest word I'll ever hear
Goodbye's the last time I will hold you near
Someday you'll say that word and I will cry
It'll break my heart to hear you say goodbye

Mamma
You gave love to me
Turned a young one into a woman

Mamma
All I ever needed
Was a guarantee of you loving me

'Cause I know
There is no other
Love like a mother's love for her child

And it hurts so
That something so strong
Someday will be gone, must say goodbye

Goodbye's the saddest word I'll ever hear
Goodbye's the last time I will hold you near
Someday you'll say that word and I will cry
It'll break my heart to hear you say goodbye

But the love you gave me will always live
You'll always be there every time I call
You offered me the greatest love of all
You take my weakness and you make me strong
And I will always love you 'til forever comes

And when you need me
I'll be there for you all the way
I'll be there all life through
I'll be there this I guarantee

Mamma, I'll be
I'll be there through the darkest nights
I'll be the wings that guide your broken flight
I'll be your shelter through the raging storm
And I will love you 'till forever comes

Goodbye's the saddest word I'll ever hear
Goodbye's the last time I will hold you near
Someday you'll say that word and I will cry
It'll break my heart to hear you say goodbye

'Till we meet again...
Until then...
Goodbye

Be very careful if you make a women cry
because God counts her tears
The woman came out of man's rib,
Not from his feet to be walked upon,
Not from his head to be superior,
but from his side to be equal.
Under the arm to be protected
 and next to the heart to be loved.       

I may not have a million dollars
Or $150,000 to give to someone else
To make their life better
Or to reap anything from it.
But I do have love
And I will share it with someone
Who sees me as love 
And the only person 
They dream of sharing it with.