Lyrics

MAMA STOOD TEN FEET TALL
© Johnnie A. Lawson 2006

WELL NOW, MAMA STOOD TEN FEET TALL
IN MY, LITTLE BOY EYES
SHE WAS FAIR, BUT FIRM, AND SHE COULD MAKE ME SQUIRM
WHEN SHE CAUGHT ME IN ONE OF MY LIES
BUT WITH A LITTLE BITTY SMILE AND A TWINKLE IN HER EYE
SHE COULD EASE THE PAIN WHENEVER I'D CRIY
YEAH, MAMA STOOD TEN FEET TALL TO ME AS A CHILD

ONE FOOT OF DISCIPLINE WHEN I WAS BAD
TWO FEET OF CUDDLING WHEN I WAS SAD
THREE FEET OF PATIENCE, AND IT TOOK ALL THAT
WHEN I'D START ACTING JUST LIKE MY DAD
FOUR FEET OF LOVE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH
CUZ, MAMA ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SO LOVED
YEAH MAMA STOOD TEN FEET TALL TO ME AS A CHILD

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WELL NOW, I GREW UP A MAN
THANKS TO MAMA'S HELPIN HANDS
SHE PICKED ME UP EVERYTIME I FELL
SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO MAKE A STAND
SHE'D WORK TWO, THREE JOBS, WHATEVER IT'D TAKE
THEN COME HOME AND BACK ME A BIRTHDAY CAKE
YEAH, MAMA STOOD TEN FEET TALL TO ME AS A MAN

ONE FOOT OF LECTURING WHEN I WAS BAD
TWO FEET OF HUGGING WHEN I WAS SAD
THREE FEET OF PATIENCE, AND IT TOOK ALL THAT
'CAUSE I TURNED OUT JUST LIKE MY DA
FOUR FEET OF LOVE WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH
CUZ MAMA ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL SO LOVED
YEAH, MAMA STOOD TEN FEET TALL TO ME AS A MAN
TEN FOOT OF MOTHERLY LOVE WAS WHAT SHE HAD.