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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You’d come home in them scrub top blues
Name tag crooked, old worn shoes
Eyes half closed, still lookin’ for us
Two little boys at the window pane
Ethan laughin’, I’d say your name
You’d drop that bag and pull us in close (that tired hug)
[Chorus]
Mama, you were twenty years of midnight
Trading sleep for overtime
You stacked your dreams on a shelf somewhere
So me and Ethan could climb
You held this whole world steady
On a back that always hurt
Mama, you made something out of nothin’
On double shifts and pure hard work
[Verse 2]
You missed your lunch, missed holidays
Clocked in early, stayed those days
Holding hands that shook and slipped away slow
Then drive that car on fumes back home
Countin’ tips on a busted phone
Say, “Boys, we’re broke but we ain’t broke down” (no, we ain’t)
[Chorus]
Mama, you were twenty years of midnight
Trading sleep for overtime
You stacked your dreams on a shelf somewhere
So me and Ethan could climb
You held this whole world steady
On a back that always hurt
Mama, you made something out of nothin’
On double shifts and pure hard work
[Bridge]
One day we’re gonna pay that light bill
Before you even see it due
Fix that roof, buy that front porch swing
For the woman who pulled us through
Every name you learned, every tear you wiped
Every night you worked ‘til the sky turned light
We carry that inside our spine
It’s your strength, not ours, we shine
[Chorus]
Mama, you were twenty years of midnight
Trading sleep for overtime
You stacked your dreams on a shelf somewhere
So me and Ethan could climb
You held this whole world steady
On a back that always hurt
Mama, you made something out of nothin’
On double shifts and pure hard work
[Outro]
So hang them scrubs on the back door nail
Kick off them old work shoes
Mama, rest them tired hands tonight
We got you, like you had us two (yeah, we got you)
Details
GeneratedFeb 4, 2026
Duration3:17
LanguageEnglish
Style
country, Warm modern country ballad with male vocals, gentle picked acoustic and soft brush kit. Verse starts intimate and close-mic’d, subtle pedal steel swells in the background. Chorus lifts with rich harmonies, simple bass and organ pad filling out the low end. Bridge adds a key change bump and a fiddle line for emotional lift, then drops to almost solo vocal before the final chorus blooms.
Credits
Prompt byJoe_kelley
ModelAria v5
Prompt
Make a song for my mom, she was a single mother of me and my brother Ethan, she has worked as a CNA for over 20 years. And she gave up everything for us, working back to back hours and shifts.
Country
