Lyrics

I Stays at Home


Youngest daughter of a Cherokee girl and a runaway soldier
She worked hard in the share-cropper?s fields and stayed clear of her brothers
She snuck away to a first grade class long enough to write her name
Beaten hard when she got home, never got to go again

CHORUS:
I stays at home, I stays at home
Don?t mind nobody?s business, I stays at home
I love my Lord and I stays at home

Met a farmer and became his wife, she never left his home
He did the shopping and he went to church, he left her all alone
He was angry and he was cruel, kept her under lock and key
But like a bird she would sing, smiling on her front porch swing

Repeat CHORUS

Lillie Mae is now heaven?s girl, singing with the angels
Wish I could see her innocent eyes, hear her childlike laughter
She made me smile when she would say that I was clever
Grandma?s got her freedom now, she?s home forever, singing?

CHORUS 2:
I stays at home, I stays at home
Minding my Father?s business, I stays at home
I love my Lord and I stays at home

Repeat CHORUS 2

I love my Lord and I stays at home



Words and music by Marjorie and George Searcy
Copyright 2004 When I Run Music, Inc. (BMI) 225.673.6647