Song Description

The song is about a mother trying to prepare her son for life and his natural resistance to her advice. He grows up and experiences the same thing with his own children.

Lyrics

ROOTS AND WINGS

Verse 1 From the day I could crawl I followed my own path
Those winding roads only brought mama's wrath
The straight and narrow was all she understood
Hard work and Sunday school would do a boy good

Verse 2 When I left home I turned a deaf ear
Caved to the pressure gave into my peers
I turned to whiskey smoked my share of grass
But I saw the light through the bottom of a glass

Chorus Mama tried to warn me bout the hard road up ahead
Tried to prepare me but I refused to be led
With God's hand she raised me loved me and praised me
She knew one day I' would fly untie those apron strings
She gave me roots and wings

Verse 3 Now I've got a wife and three kids of my own
And not a lot of time to pass this wisdom along
My children all think my love is too tough
But as I tuck'em in I pray that it's enough

Chorus 2 I try to warn them bout the hard road up ahead
Try to prepare them but they refuse to be led
With God's hand I raise them love them and praise them
I know one day they'll will fly untie those apron strings
I givem roots and wings

Chorus 3 Mama tried to warn me bout the hard road up ahead
Tried to prepare me but I refused to be led
With God's hand she raise me Mama loved and praised me
She knew one day I would fly untie those apron strings
She gave me roots and wings - Tag the ending as often as comfortable


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