MAMA STILL LOVES ME
AND DADDY DON'T CARE
MAMA ALWAYS HELD ME
AND HE WAS
NEVER THERE
GROWIN' UP A-LONELY
I NEVER HAD A HAND
SOMEONE TO SHOW ME
HOW TO BE A MAN
BUT MAMA
LOVED ME TENDER
PUT THE SHOES
ON MY FEET
SHE GAVE ME HER ALL
AND IT WAS ALL I'D
EVER NEED
OH THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
THE TOUCH OF HER HAND
THE COMFORT
OF HER KINDNESS
AND THE TIME
TO UNDERSTAND
HER SMILE
IN THE MORNIN'
AND WHEN SHE
TUCKED ME TO SLEEP
ALL THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
IS ALL I'LL EVER NEED
SCHOOL WAS
NEVER EASY
AND DADDY DIDN'T CARE
HE SAID
SON YOU BETTER
MAKE THE GRADE
OR YOU'RE
GOIN' NOWHERE SO
LATE IN THE EVENIN'
AND DEEP
INTO THE NIGHT
MOM WOULD
ASK THE QUESTIONS
TILL I
FINALLY GOT 'EM RIGHT
MAMA TAUGHT ME
SO MUCH AND NOW I
UNDERSTAND
THAT THE KEY
TO THE ANSWER
IS ALWAYS
CLOSE AT HAND
IT'S THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
THE WISDOM
IN HER EYES
THE COMFORT
OF HER KIND VOICE
THAT MAKES
YOU WANNA TRY
AND HOLD ON FOREVER
AND MAKE
YOUR OWN PEACE
ALL THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
IS ALL I'LL EVER NEED
WELL I'VE KNOWN
VICTORY
AND I'VE
KNOWN DEFEAT
SEEN HOME FIRES
BURNIN' AND
DEAD END STREETS
SEEN LONE STARS
FALLIN'
IN THE HEAVENS
UP ABOVE
BUT THE THING
THAT MOST AMAZES ME
IS A WOMAN'S LOVE
IT'S THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
IT'S THE TOUCH
OF HER HAND
IT'S THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
THAT STRENGTHENS
A MAN
IT'S HER SMILE
IN THE MORNIN'
IT'S A KISS
WHEN I'M WEAK
ALL THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
IS ALL I'LL EVER NEED
YEAH IT'S THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
IT'S THE TOUCH
OF HER HAND
IT'S THE STRENGTH
OF A WOMAN
THAT STRENGTHENS
THE MAN