歌曲 | Mama Was Always Tellin' Her Truth |
歌手 | Iris DeMent |
专辑 | Sing the Delta |
# 11 Mama | |
Was Always | |
Tellin’ Her | |
TruthWell my mama she was always tellin’ her truth, | |
Times were hard and that’s how she made it through | |
When it came to her feelin’s, wasn’t no back burner on that stove | |
Some little somethin’ would go wrong and she might start yellin’ or cryin’ | |
If you didn’t know better, you’d think one of us was dyin’ | |
But that was mama and she just told her truth | |
I would sit in the church house right there beside her | |
Mama would move when the spirit would guide her | |
Wavin’ her hands up to heaven singin’ her tune | |
But if the preacher said somethin’ and she didn’t like | |
Her head would go to shakin’, she just wouldn’t hide it | |
That was mama and she just told her truth | |
When I was a kid comin’ in from school, | |
I said“Mama , | |
I’m so worried something could happen to you!” | |
And if you die, | |
Oh Mama, what am | |
I gonna do?” | |
She said, | |
Iris just because | |
I’m older than you | |
Don’t be sure you won’t go before | |
I doThat was mama and she just told her truth(chorus) | |
It was my mama who taught me | |
I could tell my truth | |
And sometimes it’s all that | |
I can doLookin’ in from the outside, it might not seem like much | |
But I’ll tell ya now, if that’s what you’re thinkin’ | |
Your truth can be the difference between swimmin’ and sinkin’ | |
I thank my mama for tellin’ me her truth | |
If she was glad she took you with her | |
If she was sad she took you too | |
There wasn’t a lot of travellin’ she didn’t do | |
Right there in that little house was a bigger world than | |
I may ever see | |
Some people liked it and some people didn’t | |
For some of what she said she may never be forgiven | |
But that was mama and she just told her truth | |
Life with my mama could sometimes be a rough road | |
She could say somethin’ and blood would pour from my soul | |
But I wouldn’t trade one mile of this journey me and her have been on | |
Cause I’ve loved my mama like | |
I’ve never loved another | |
Long as I live there will be no one above her | |
I know my mama cause she told me her truth | |
Life as I know it can be a little confusing | |
I don’t know the difference between winnin’ and losin’ | |
Everytime | |
I find a line that | |
I can walk on, it slips from view | |
But when it all goes dark and | |
I start losing vision | |
I just think about her and | |
I know just what | |
I’m missin’ | |
I gotta go back to tellin’ my truth (repeat chorus) |
11 Mama | |
Was Always | |
Tellin' Her | |
TruthWell my mama she was always tellin' her truth, | |
Times were hard and that' s how she made it through | |
When it came to her feelin' s, wasn' t no back burner on that stove | |
Some little somethin' would go wrong and she might start yellin' or cryin' | |
If you didn' t know better, you' d think one of us was dyin' | |
But that was mama and she just told her truth | |
I would sit in the church house right there beside her | |
Mama would move when the spirit would guide her | |
Wavin' her hands up to heaven singin' her tune | |
But if the preacher said somethin' and she didn' t like | |
Her head would go to shakin', she just wouldn' t hide it | |
That was mama and she just told her truth | |
When I was a kid comin' in from school, | |
I said" Mama , | |
I' m so worried something could happen to you!" | |
And if you die, | |
Oh Mama, what am | |
I gonna do?" | |
She said, | |
Iris just because | |
I' m older than you | |
Don' t be sure you won' t go before | |
I doThat was mama and she just told her truth chorus | |
It was my mama who taught me | |
I could tell my truth | |
And sometimes it' s all that | |
I can doLookin' in from the outside, it might not seem like much | |
But I' ll tell ya now, if that' s what you' re thinkin' | |
Your truth can be the difference between swimmin' and sinkin' | |
I thank my mama for tellin' me her truth | |
If she was glad she took you with her | |
If she was sad she took you too | |
There wasn' t a lot of travellin' she didn' t do | |
Right there in that little house was a bigger world than | |
I may ever see | |
Some people liked it and some people didn' t | |
For some of what she said she may never be forgiven | |
But that was mama and she just told her truth | |
Life with my mama could sometimes be a rough road | |
She could say somethin' and blood would pour from my soul | |
But I wouldn' t trade one mile of this journey me and her have been on | |
Cause I' ve loved my mama like | |
I' ve never loved another | |
Long as I live there will be no one above her | |
I know my mama cause she told me her truth | |
Life as I know it can be a little confusing | |
I don' t know the difference between winnin' and losin' | |
Everytime | |
I find a line that | |
I can walk on, it slips from view | |
But when it all goes dark and | |
I start losing vision | |
I just think about her and | |
I know just what | |
I' m missin' | |
I gotta go back to tellin' my truth repeat chorus |