IT WAS ALMOST
CHRISTMAS TIME
THERE I STOOD
IN ANOTHER LINE
TRYING TO BUY
THAT LAST GIFT OR TWO
NOT REALLY IN
THE CHRISTMAS MOOD
STANDING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
WAS A
LITTLE BOY
WAITING ANXIOUSLY
PACIN' 'ROUND
LIKE LITTLE BOYS DO
AND IN HIS HANDS
HE HELD
A PAIR OF SHOES
AND HIS CLOTHES
WERE WORN AND OLD
HE WAS DIRTY
FROM HEAD TO TOE
AND WHEN IT CAME
HIS TIME TO PAY
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY
SIR I WANT TO BUY
THESE SHOES
FOR MY MAMA PLEASE
IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE
AND THESE SHOES
ARE JUST HER SIZE
COULD YOU HURRY SIR
DADDY SAYS THERE'S
NOT MUCH TIME
YOU SEE SHE'S BEEN SICK
FOR QUITE AWHILE AND I
KNOW THESE SHOES
WILL MAKE HER SMILE
AND I
WANT HER TO LOOK
BEAUTIFUL
IF MAMA MEETS JESUS
TONIGHT
THEY COUNTED PENNIES
FOR WHAT SEEMED
LIKE YEARS
THEN THE
CASHIER SAID SON
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
HERE
HE SEARCHED
HIS POCKETS
FRANTICALLY
THEN HE TURNED
AND HE LOOKED AT ME
HE SAID
MAMA MADE CHRISTMAS
GOOD AT OUR HOUSE
MOST YEARS
SHE JUST DID WITHOUT
TELL ME MA'AM
WHAT AM I GONNA DO
SOMEHOW
I GOTTA BUY HER
THESE CHRISTMAS
SHOES
SO I LAID
THE MONEY DOWN
I JUST HAD
TO HELP HIM OUT
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET
THE LOOK ON HIS FACE
WHEN HE SAID
MAMA'S
GONNA LOOK SO GREAT
SIR I WANT TO BUY
THESE SHOES
FOR MY MAMA PLEASE
IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE
AND THESE SHOES
ARE JUST HER SIZE
COULD YOU HURRY SIR
DADDY SAYS
THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME
YOU SEE SHE'S BEEN SICK
FOR QUITE AWHILE AND I
KNOW THESE SHOES
WILL MAKE HER SMILE
AND I WANT HER TO LOOK
BEAUTIFUL
IF MAMA
MEETS JESUS
TONIGHT
I KNEW
I CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
OF HEAVEN'S LOVE
AS HE THANKED ME
AND RAN OUT
I KNEW THAT GOD
HAD SENT
THAT LITTLE BOY TO
REMIND ME
WHAT CHRISTMAS
IS ALL ABOUT
OH OH HO
COULD YOU HURRY
NO OH
THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME
OH OH HO OH
BEAUTIFUL
OH OH HO YEAH
IF MAMA MEETS JESUS
TONIGHT
OH OH YEAH EH EH