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Verse 1
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(God put a song in the heart of an angel
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and softly she sang it to me)
Verse 2
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I get to thinking a lot of times
about back when I was a lad
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Of the old homeplace where I grew
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up and of the days both good and bad
My overalls were hand-me-downs, my
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my my shoes were full of holes
Verse 3
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I used to walk four miles to school every day through the rain,
the sleet and the cold
I've seen the nights when
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For the things that his family would need
But all daddy ever got was a badland farm
and seven hungry mouths to feed
Verse 4
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And yet and yet our homefire never
flickered once
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'Cause when all these things
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went wrong
Mama took the hymn book down
and mama sang a song
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(What a friend we have in Jesus)
Verse 5
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Oh, I've been rocked to sleep many a
night to the tune of "What a Friend"
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And then come morning and "Rock of Ages"
would wake me gently once again
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And then I remember how daddy used to reach
up and he'd take the Bible down
And he'd read it loud
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and long
Verse 6
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And I always felt that maybe our house
was blessed
When daddy would say,
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Sister left home first I guess and then
Bob and then Tommy and then Dan
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By then dad's hair was turning white and I sort of
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had to be mama's little man
Verse 7
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But you know, it seemed that as my daddy's back grew weak,
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my mother's faith just grew strong
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And those were the greatest days of all
when mama sang a song
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(Rock of ages cleft for me,
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let me hide myself in Thee)
I guess the old house is still standing
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I don't get to go back much anymore
Verse 8
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No voice is left to fill those halls
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And no steps to grace the floor
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For you see, you see my mother sings up in heaven now,
up around God's golden throne
But I'll always believe that this
whole world is a better place
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Because one time my mama sang a song
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(precious memories flood mysoul)
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