It's Not Easy [Live in Concert]

I remember the day
I called mama on the telephone
I told her mama
I'm getting married
I could hear her voice on the other side
Of the telephone she was smiling
And she asked me a question
That I proudly answered
She said son
Did you take time to know her
I said mama
She is the best
But today it hurts me so
To go back to mama and say
Mama I'm getting divorced
Oh I'm getting divorced

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice I made
l say

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice l made
Mama said to me

It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again

I remember in church
When the preacher man read the scriptures
You looked so beautiful
So beautiful and so innocent

I did not know that behind that beauty
Lies the true colors
That will destroy me in the near future
This choice I made
Didn't work out to be what I thought it would be
This choice I made
l say

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
Now I'm hurting

Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me

I remember when I held you by the hand
Preacher man read the scriptures
Putting words in your mouth
Maybe what the preacher man said
Was not something that was within you
Now I know what they mean when they say
Beautiful woman
Is another man's plaything
Oh Lord
I'm hurting now l say

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice I made

This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
Now I'm hurting
Mama said to me

It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again (Mama said to me)
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it
You'll be happy again

Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me
Mama said to me