Mama

Oh Lord have mercy

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's 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
It hurts me so mama
This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would
This choice of mine ohh
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

I remember in church
When the preacher 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 the way I thought it would be
Oh mama
This choice I made
Didn't work out the way I thought it would be
Now I'm hurting

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

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

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