The Wings Of Mama's Prayers

I'd been to

Church on

Sunday, and

I'd been in jail.

And I put my family through livin' hell.

And I'd been a heavy cross to bear,

On the wings of

Mama's prayers.

I spent her last dollar on somethin' bad for me.

I finally hit rock bottom, couldn't get up on my knees.

But the strength came to lift me up from there,

On the wings of

Mama's prayers.

I see her by the bed with her

Bible open wide,

Lookin' up at

Heaven with tears in her eyes.

She knew when

I was troubled, she knew when

I was scared.

And I found salvation on the wings of

Mama's prayers.

I was lost in the darkness searching for the end.

But the light of

Mama's love led me back again.

An' if I've got a place in

Heaven, I'll get there,

On the wings of

Mama's prayers.

I see her by the bed with her

Bible open wide,

Lookin' up at

Heaven with tears in her eyes.

She knew when

I was troubled, she knew when

I was scared.

And I found salvation on the wings of

Mama's prayers.

I'm still holding on to the wings of

Mama's prayers.