Mama Stewart
From the album Feeling Mortal
[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
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It was kinda hard believing
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Mama Stewart couldn't see me then
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Or even that her age was ninety-four
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'Cause the years that took her sight away
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Had given her the right to say
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What she believed, and she did, praise the Lord
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And the things she said reminded me
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Of things I'd grown too blind to see
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And feelings that I'd hidden deep inside
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And when she said goodbye and kissed me I was thankful
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She couldn't see the sudden tears I couldn't hide
[CHORUS]
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Everything is beautiful in Mama Stewart's eyes
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Another shining reason to believe
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Everything is new and full of wonder and surprise
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Inside the world that Mama Stewart sees
[VERSE]
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She rode the covered wagons west
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When she was only seven
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But she came to California on a plane
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She said at ninety-four she thought for sure
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She'd got too close to heaven
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And like as not was going all the way
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But the miracle of medicine
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And good old time religion
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Removed the veil of darkness from her eyes
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They say she praised the Lord and thanked the doctor
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And didn't even seem at all surprised
[CHORUS]
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Everything is beautiful in Mama Stewart's eyes
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Another shining reason to believe
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And everything is new and full of wonder and surprise
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Inside the world that Mama Stewart sees
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Lord, let me see what Mama Stewart sees