I Called Mama

Got a call from a friend about a friend

It's news no one ever wants to hear

It hit me like a punch, it took my breath

He was just gettin' into his best years

Yeah, something like that'll shake you up, wake you up

So I stopped off at a Texaco, bought a Slim Jim and a coke

Parked out by the water just to watch that river flow

Grabbed my guitar from the back seat, wrote a song just for me

And I sung it for the blue sky and a couple live oak trees

I thought of home, grabbed my phone from my pocket

And I called mama

It rang a couple times, and she picked up

I can always hear her smile when I call

I just called to tell you that I loved you

I was missing you and dad and home, that's all

I got to really thinking this morning

About what's important

So I stopped off at a Texaco, bought a Slim Jim and a coke

Parked out by the water just to watch that river flow

Grabbed my guitar from the back seat, wrote a song just for me

And I sung it for the blue sky and a couple live oak trees

I thought of home, grabbed my phone from my pocket

And I called mama

And from now on

I ain't gonna wait so long

To stop by the Texaco, buy a Slim Jim and a coke

Park out by the water just to watch that river flow

Grab my guitar from the back seat, write a song just for me

Sing it for the blue sky and the couple oak live trees

And think of home, grabbed my phone from my pocket

Instead of saying tomorrow, I'm gonna

And I called mama

And I called mama