Blame It on Mama (Listen)
(Lyrics)
When I was six or seven, Mama tucked me in
With a lullaby that made my eyes open wide again
I’d lie awake and wonder why a boy named Billy Joe
Jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge to the river far below
(Chorus)
Blame it on Mama and the songs she loved to sing
I’m not from Louisiana but that don’t mean a thing
Don’t come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee
Blame it on Mama, she sang the country into me
I just loved to listen as she sang those story songs
‘Bout a coat of many colors or a girl named Delta Dawn
When the lights went out in Georgia
I would beg for just one more
All about Fancy and the pretty red satin dancin’ dress she wore
(Repeat Chorus)
I’m a coal miner’s daughter, lovin’ that preacher’s son
I have walked the streets of Laredo
Stared down the barrel of a lawman’s gun
I’ve grown roots and I’ve got ties to place I’ve never been
And when I sing those songs
It takes me right back home again
(Chorus out)
Christine Walker, Nancy Jenkins, Dennis Hysom
© 2001 Hysom Walker Publishing, BMI / Blame Mama Music, ASCAP
He Feels Like Home (Listen)
Mama, I’m sorry for gettin’ home late
Thanks for leavin’ on the light
Won’t you come here and sit with me
It’s such a beautiful night
Tell me again about you and daddy
The moment that you knew
‘Cause being with this boy tonight
Feels like my dream come true
(Chorus)
Mama, he feels like home
So safe and warm
Like I’ve always known him
Even though we’ve just begun
You always said
That’s how I’d know
That I had found the one
Oh Mama, he feels like home
Tell me how Daddy took your hand
When he walked you home that night
Did you know then you’d be with him
For the rest of your life?
Did his voice seem so familiar?
When he first said your name?
Did you wish his kiss would never end?
Tonight I feel that way
(Chorus)
Mama, he feels like home
So safe and warm
Like I’ve always known him
Even though we’ve just begun
You always said
That’s how I’d know
That I had found the one
Oh Mama, he feels like home
Christine Walker, Nancy Jenkins, Dennis Hysom
© 2002 Hysom Walker Publishing, BMI / Blame Mama Music, ASCAP
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