Momma's waiting lyrics

As I drive toward home I picture Momma waiting

She'll be glad to see her big time boy come home

She gets little in return for all she's given

And I'm all she's got to love since Daddy's gone

Now I'm forty miles away and I'm still wonderin'

Why I ever told her I was doing well

When I first went wrong I should have turned to Momma

But it's hard to get back up once you have fell

It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning

It's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring

It's the last time I'll feel Momma's arms around me

It's the last chance here on earth I'll have to sing

As I drive away behind me Momma's waving

To a son who's all she'd ever hoped he'd be

Now she says her final prayers, "And go, meet Daddy"

And I'm glad she's only seen one side of me

Today makes thirteen years in Coleman's Federal Prison

And tonight I'll walk these last few steps alone

But I can't help think that somewhere Momma's waiting

Once again to see her big time boy come home

It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning

It's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring

It's the last time I'll feel Momma's arms around me

It's the last chance here on earth I'll have to sing...

• Artist:Kenny Rogers
• Album:Love or Something Like It (1978)