MAMA'S FLOWER BED (The Lewis Family)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: MAMA HAD THE FINEST FLOWER BED IN MORGAN COUNTY
A HUNDRED FEET OF PHLOX AND DAFFODILS
YOU COULD PLAINLY SEE IT FROM THE HIGHWAY
A BLAZE OF GLORY ON THE COAL BLACK HILL

VERSE 2: MAMA WASHED AND COOKED AND ALWAYS TENDED TO HER FAMILY
LORD KNOWS THAT SHE DID MORE THAN HER SHARE
WHEN SHE KNEW THAT WE WERE TAKEN CARE OF
SHE'D BE OUT THERE WORKING IN THE FLOWERS

CHORUS: MAMA'S FLOWER BED WAS HER SALVATION
LIVING BACK THERE IN THE HILLS OF HOME
AS LONG AS SHE COULD SEE HER FLOWERS BLOOMING
SHE WASN'T POOR AND NEVER FELT ALONE
WE NEVER ASKED FOR MUCH AS I REMEMBER
BUT WE THANKED GOD THAT ALL OF US WERE FED
WE'D PRAY LORD LET DADDY'S COUGH GET BETTER
AND KEEP THEM DOGS AND CHICKENS OUT OF MAMA'S FLOWER BED

VERSE 3: DADDY SPENT HIS LIFETIME WORKING DOWN THERE IN THE COAL MINE
MAMA WORKED ALL DAY 'TIL DARKNESS FELL
MOSTLY GOD SENT RAIN DOWN FOR THE FLOWERS
OR MAMA CARRIED WATER FROM THE WELL

VERSE 4: SOMETIMES US KIDS WOULD LISTEN IN TO MAMA IN THE GARDEN
LORD TAKE THESE WEEDS AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR CARE
FLOWERS ARE LIKE PEOPLE THERE ARE WILD ONES
BUT I KNOW YOU WILL GIVE THEM SPACE UP THERE

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