Story Behind The Song

I needed a loving place to be with my mother, holding the best parts of her, in love and faith, past the fields of right and wrong...

Song Description

It's love song to my mother, who I remember loving me, but who had a hard time being a mother.

Lyrics

VERSE
I guess every child loves their momma
and me and momma, we were a pair...
She grew roses red in green garden beds,
how I loved being... with my Mama there
until came the thunder, the dark side of wonder,
those clouds from which rainbows can rise
and the color drained from my Momma
as daddy rained down all his lies...

CHORUS
Momma Blue, Momma Blue,...
there's a rainbow waitin' for you
and roses of red in green garden beds
and every color that blooms.
Momma Blue, my Momma Blue...
Oh Momma, I'll always love you.
The rain it will come
but so will the sun...
I know the light can shine through.

VERSE
But the sun slipped away with my Momma,
her curtains shadowed the floor.
She tried for awhile, lost like a child
as we children banged at her door
but Momma kept those curtains shut,
and she was gone sure as dad should'a been.
I was the oldest, some say the boldest...
He didn't care... that I was a kid.

CHORUS
Momma Blue, Momma Blue,...
the rainbow's slippin' away.
It stormed your bed, the roses are dead
there's weeds where I used to play.
Momma Blue, my Momma Blue...
it hurts so much, just like you
he hides from the day,
but Momma, he won't go away...
Oh Momma... Momma...
Momma, I need you...!

BRIDGE
I guess I kept growin' not even knowin'
how much my Momma would teach me.
When I laid in my tears, in a bed filled with fear
wouldn't be long before Momma reached me...
As I cried I saw Momma teachin',
it's doesn't matter that she never meant to...
she said "You're missin' the red, cryin' instead
and holdin' a heart that's so blue..."

CHORUS
Momma Blue, Momma Blue,...
it's dark Momma, but I can hear you.
Curtains can open and there's more than hopin'
the light can shine on us new.
Momma Blue, my Momma Blue...
my eyes can hold every hue
and they made a bow in a garden I know
and there...I can just be... with you...

TAG
Oh, I heeded my Momma's hard lesson,
turned my eyes from weeds in her bed...
In my garden I grow every color I know
'cause Momma...

Love's never dead.
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