She Loved a Lot in Her Time

I started drinking and actin' crazy

Way back in sixty five

Mama would pray and say, he's my baby

Lord, please keep him alive

Sister came home with two little children

Her man had left her alone

Mama knew too well the hurt she was feelin'

'Cause daddy had been gone so long

We all did our part to add to her pain

We all broke her heart but she never complained

She loved a lot in her time

She watched love grow and die on the vine

She stood in the shadows

So others could shine

She loved a lot in her time

Mama's prayers were answered a long time ago

I ain't touched a drink in ten years

Sister remarried to a good ol' boy

They don't live far from here

Mama's work is done

Now, she's gone on home

The words in our hearts

Are engraved on her stone

She loved a lot in her time

She watched love grow and die on the vine

She stood in the shadows

So others could shine

She loved a lot in her time

She stood in the shadows

So others could shine

She loved a lot in her time

Mama, you loved a lot in your time