When Mama Cried

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I was standing in the hall when they called the doctor in Almost scared me half to death When they said "It's a boy again" I walked in just in time to see them lay him by her side And when she looked into my newborn brother's eyes Mama cried When I was just a teenage boy a preacher man stopped by He asked me if I knew the Lord Said "If you don't, then tell me why" I gave my heart to God that day, and then I was baptized And when I stood up at church to testify Oh, Mama cried When Mama cried You could feel the love she felt down deep inside Through the good times and the bad times of my life Oh you could see the love she had in her eyes When Mama cried T.H.S. graduation day in 1985 Standing in the high school gym decorated blue and white And when they called my name out loud You'd thought someone had died 'Cause when we sang the Alma Mater one last time Oh Mama cried Dressed up in our Sunday best, the family gathered 'round Me and brother standing there with our heads bowed down Flowers on the alter and a lady dressed in white And when the preacher said "Son you can kiss your bride" Sweet Mama cried When Mama cried You could feel the love she felt down deep inside Through the good times and the bad times of my life Oh you could see the love she had in her eyes When Mama cried When Mama cried