Mama

Saw you staring at his old chair

Coffee cold in your hand

Just shaking there

You said

"They all leave

Then what am I for?"

Folded photos on the kitchen floor

Mama

Don’t carry this alone

You ain’t meant to be a stone

If your heart breaks

Let it show

You can fall apart with me

You know

Mama

Don’t carry this alone

I’m right here

I’m your home

When the whole world lets you go

You can fall apart with me

You know

He don’t sleep on your side now

Just a blue-lit room and a silent house

You pray for a sign that it’s worth the fight

Then you call me up

Breathing like you might cry

Mama

Don’t carry this alone

You ain’t meant to be a stone

If your heart breaks

Let it show

You can fall apart with me

You know

Mama

Don’t carry this alone

I’m right here

I’m your home

When the whole world lets you go

You can fall apart with me

You know

You taught me how to stand

Now lean on your son (yeah)

Let my little hands

Hold some of what you’ve done

You don’t have to be so strong

To be the one I love

Mama

Don’t carry this alone

You ain’t meant to be a stone

If your heart breaks

Let it show

You can fall apart with me

You know

Mama

Don’t carry this alone

I’m right here

I’m your home

When the whole world lets you go

You can fall apart with me

You know