[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:00.11]God put a song in the heart of an angel and softly she sang it to me [00:22.51]I get to thinking lots of times about back when I was a lad [00:26.69]Of the old homeplace where I grew up of the days both good and bad [00:32.85]My overalls were hand-me-downs my shoes were full of holes [00:37.65]I used to walk four miles to school every day through the rain the sleet and the cold [00:43.77]I've seen the nights when my daddy would cry [00:46.46]For the things that his family would need [00:49.21]But all he ever got was a badland farm and seven hungry mouths to feed [00:54.67]And yet and yet our homefire never flickered once [00:57.26]Cause when all these things went wrong [00:59.90]Mama took the hymn book down and mama sang a song [01:05.19]What a friend we have in Jesus [01:16.57]I've been rocked to sleep many a night to the tune of What a Friend [01:21.23]And come morning Rock of Ages would wake me gently once again [01:24.42]And when daddy would reach up and he'd take the Bible down [01:27.94]And he'd read it read it loud and long [01:30.92]And I always felt that maybe our house was blessed [01:33.50]When daddy would say mama sing a song [01:38.52]Sister left home first I guess and then Bob and then Tommy and then Dan [01:43.68]By then dad's hair was turning white and I had to be mama's little man [01:48.68]But it seemed that as daddy's back grew weak my mother's faith just grew strong [01:54.25]And those were the greatest days of all when mama sang a song [01:58.39]Rock of ages cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee [02:11.36]I guess the house is still standing I don't get to go back much anymore [02:26.94]No voice is left to fill those halls and no steps to grace the floor [02:31.64]For you see my mother sings in heaven now around God's golden throne [02:37.50]But I'll always believe that this world is a better place [02:41.14]Because one time my mama sang a song [02:45.89]Precious mem'ries flod my soul