MAMA NEVER
SEEMED TO MISS
THE FINER THINGS
IN LIFE
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
SHE NEVER WANTED
TO BE MORE
THAN MOTHER
AND A WIFE
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
THE ONLY THINGS
THAT SEEMED TO BE
IMPORTANT IN HER LIFE
WAS TO MAKE
OUR HOUSE A HOME
AND MAKE US HAPPY
MAMA NEVER WANTED
ANYMORE
THAN WHAT SHE HAD
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
HE OFTEN LEFT HER
ALL ALONE
SHE DIDN'T MIND
TO STAY AT HOME
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
AND SHE NEVER
MISSED THE FLOWERS
AND THE GIFTS
HE NEVER GAVE HER
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
BEING TOOK
FOR GRANTED
WAS A THING
THAT SHE ACCEPTED
AND SHE DIDN'T NEED
THOSE THINGS
TO MAKE HER HAPPY
SHE DIDN'T EVEN
SEEM TO NOTICE
THAT HE DIDN'T KISS
AND HOLD HER
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
ONE MORNIN'
WE AWOKE
JUST TO FIND A NOTE
THAT MAMA
CAREFULLY WROTE
AND LEFT TO DADDY
AND AS WE BEGAN
TO READ IT
OUR EARS COULD NOT
BELIEVE IT
THE WORDS THAT SHE
HAD WRITTEN
THERE TO DADDY
SHE SAID OUR KIDS
ARE OLD ENOUGH
AND THEY DON'T
NEED ME VERY MUCH
SO I'VE GONE
IN SEARCH
FOR LOVE
I NEED SO BADLY
I HAVE NEEDED
YOU SO LONG
BUT I JUST CAN'T KEEP
HOLDIN' ON
SHE NEVER MEANT
TO COME BACK HOME
IF SHE DID
SHE NEVER DID SAY SO
TO DADDY
MAMA'S GONE
GOODBYE TO DADDY