Stonewall Jackson - Better Days for Mama lyrics

That whiskey and his wild wreckless way Put my young daddy in an early grave So many nights my mama cried And then I'd hear her pray She'd asked the Lord to send her better days Better days for mama, better days Then sister had to marry at fourteen Destroyed what was left of mama's dreams She cried but then I heard her say Sometimes the best she'd go astray That night she knelt and pray for better days Better days for mama, better days She cried a lot that day that I left home I said don't worry I know right from wrong Although I tried my best somehow Four grey walls surround me now And again my mama prays for better days Better days for mama, better days Mister warden many many thanks to you To let me come here for the flowers too Although my tears fall on her grave I think she's found her rest in place At last the Lord send mama better days Better days for mama, better days Better days for mama, better days