Key: G major
Intro 1
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[Spoken] Well, I had two weeks vacation comin',
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spend some time with an old friend,
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date a few girls, make a few parties, and
just kinda live it up again.
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and then I called my Mom in Tennesee, and told her what
I planned to do. She said, "Son,
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are you comin' by?" And I said, "Mom, I'm
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really pushed for time,
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but I'll see you in a week or two."
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in Georgia when I remembered:
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I thought I'll just stop and wire some flowers.
Shouldn't take too long; then
I'll be on my way.
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So I walked in a flower shop and the first
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thing I saw was this little boy,
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with his eyes full a' tears. I said, "What's wrong,
son?" He said, "Mama loves
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and I haven't seen her in almost a year."
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Mama
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Roses for Mama
Today's her birthday
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He said, "I live with Grandma now. But I
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promised Mama some roses, 'cause I
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talk to her all the time. I wanted to give her five,
'cause that's how old I
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am. But the lady said I couldn't
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Well, the little fella's story kind a' touched my heart,
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so I told the lady to
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give him what he wanted and charge it to me.
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Then I told her I needed to wire a
dozen roses to my Mama,
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up in Chapel Hill, Tennessee.
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I looked around, and the little boy was gone.
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But all of a sudden the door flew
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open and he come runnin' back in and he said,
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"Mister, I forgot to thank you
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for the roses." He smiled, he shook my hand,
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and ran back out again.
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Well, I started on out of town. And I was
feelin' real proud of myself for
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when I looked out the window and I saw
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that same little boy, kneelin',
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by a grave in an old cemetery.
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the little boy was kneelin' down. And
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he smiled up at me and said,
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"This is where my Mama stays. She says she sure
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Well that's when I had to walk away.
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And I drove straight back to that flower shop and I said,
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those flowers to Tennessee?" She said,
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"No, not yet." I said, "Well, nevermind.
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with me."
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Mama
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Roses for Mama
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Today's her birthday
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