Cal Smith - Mama's Face Lyrics
My mama loved my dad for fifty yearsAnd she worked along beside him in the fieldsHe never gave her much but he gave her all he hadDad's the only reason my mama livedMy mama's face would light up like a diamondEach time my daddy walked into the roomShe'd stop what she was doingAnd put her arms around himDad's the only world my mama knewMama never saw her roses bloom that yearThe angels came before the Robin's songMama said she didn't mind going on aheadBut heaven won't be heaven till dad is homeWhen mama left she left dad a lonely manBut he talked to mama like she was still hereHe'd talk about the hard timesAnd the good times that they'd hadAs his old mind slipped back across the yearsDaddy never ploughed his fields againHe just sat down to wait his time to comeThen one day he said, "I think I hear a choir singing"And he closed his eyes and went to live with momLord, I wanna thank You for the yearsThat they were here for me to loveAnd though it's hard to let 'em goLord, You know I'd let 'em go againIf I could just have been thereAnd seen my mama's face when my dad walked in
