Mama, I'm Alright

[Verse 1]

The sun just got through goin' down

On a sleepy little Texas town

Population plus one, minus one

A new grandma rocks my sister's kid

Just like twenty years ago she did

The same thing in that same chair, she said, "This one's born to run"

[Verse 2]

Every day at noon like a chapel bell

Find her, Jesus, keep her well

Help her do more right than wrong at the end of the day

I got five good years and a tank of gas

Fifty watts and Johnny Cash

A guitar and a broken heart just full of things to say

[Pre-Chorus]

You taught me how to stand those tests and trials

But you can't see a desert sunrise in the Bible

[Chorus]

She loves me more than anything

And she wants the world for me

Her west dropped off in El Paso

And her north in Abilene

Mama, I'm okay out here

I've seen how hard the world can be

My step is sure and I know my name

I'm strong just like you prayed I'd be

I'm strong just like you prayed I'd be

[Verse 3]

If I'da done what you and Daddy done

Woulda never lost and never won

Or gotten myself kicked when I was down

I would not know how to travel well

A hundred bucks and cheap motels

I would not know how to fight for my own heart next time around

[Pre-Chorus]

And don't you cry another night about me

In this city, I've got angels all around me

[Chorus]

She loves me more than anything

And she wants the world for me

Her west dropped off in El Paso

And her north in Abilene

Hey, Mama, I'm okay out here

I've seen how hard the world can be

My step is sure and I know my name

I'm strong just like you prayed I'd be

I'm strong just like you prayed I'd be

I felt it every time you prayed for me

I'm strong just like you prayed I'd be