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Date of issue: 01.10.2012
Record label: Songs of Iris
Song language: English
Mama Was Always Tellin' Her Truth |
Well, my mama, she was always tellin' her truth |
Times were hard and that’s how she made it through |
When it came to her feelin’s, wasn’t no back burner on that stove |
Some little somethin' would go wrong and she might start yellin' or cryin' |
If you didn’t know better, you’d think one of us was dyin' |
But that was mama and she just told her truth |
I would sit in the church house right there beside her |
Mama would move when the spirit would guide her |
Wavin' her hands up to heaven singin' her tune |
But if the preacher said somethin' and she didn’t like it |
Her head would go to shakin', she just wouldn’t hide it |
That was mama and she just told her truth |
When I was a kid comin' in from school, I said |
«Mama, I’m so worried something could happen to you!» |
And if you die, Oh Mama, what am I gonna do?" |
She said, Iris just because I’m older than you |
Don’t be sure you won’t go before I do |
That was mama and she just told her truth |
It was my mama who taught me I could tell my truth |
And sometimes it’s all that I can do |
Lookin' in from the outside, it might not seem like much |
But I’ll tell ya now, if that’s what you’re thinkin' |
Your truth can be the difference between swimmin' and sinkin' |
I thank my mama for tellin' me her truth |
If she was glad she took you with her |
If she was sad she took you too |
There wasn’t a lot of travellin' she didn’t do |
Right there in that little house was a bigger world than I may ever see |
Some people liked it and some people didn’t |
For some of what she said she may never be forgiven |
But that was mama and she just told her truth |
Life with my mama could sometimes be a rough road |
She could say somethin' and blood would pour from my soul |
But I wouldn’t trade one mile of this journey me and her have been on |
'Cause I’ve loved my mama like I’ve never loved another |
Long as I live there will be no one above her |
I know my mama 'cause she told me her truth |
Life as I know it can be a little confusing |
I don’t know the difference between winnin' and losin' |
Everytime I find a line that I can walk on, it slips from view |
But when it all goes dark and I start losing vision |
I just think about her and I know just what I’m missin' |
I gotta go back to tellin' my truth |
It was my mama who taught me I could tell my truth |
And sometimes it’s all that I can do |
Lookin' in from the outside, it might not seem like much |
But I’ll tell ya now, if that’s what you’re thinkin' |
Your truth can be the difference between swimmin' and sinkin' |
I thank my mama for tellin' me her truth |
Name | Year |
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Pallbearer ft. Iris DeMent, Marty Stuart | 2011 |
Let The Mystery Be | 2017 |
Our Town | 2017 |
My Life | 2017 |
Leaning On the Everlasting Arms | 2004 |
Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out ft. Iris DeMent | 2019 |
If That Ain't Love | 2012 |
Sing the Delta | 2012 |
The Night I Learned How Not to Pray | 2012 |
I Never Shall Forget the Day | 2004 |
Mornin' Glory | 2012 |
Makin' My Way Back Home | 2012 |
Livin' on the Inside | 2012 |
Near the Cross | 2004 |
Out of the Fire | 2012 |
God Walks the Dark Hills | 2004 |
There's a Whole Lotta Heaven | 2012 |
I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World | 2004 |
We Could ft. Iris DeMent | 1999 |
Let's Invite Them Over ft. Iris DeMent | 1999 |