There's A Mother Always Waiting - Johnny Cash
"So you're going to leave the old home Jim
Today you're going away
So you're going among the city folks to dwell"
So spoke a kind old mother
To her boy one summer day
"If your mind's made up that way I wish you well
The old home will be lonesome
We'll miss you when you go
The birds won't sing so sweet when you're not nigh
But if you get in trouble Jim
Just write and let us know"
She spoke these words and then she said goodbye
If sickness overtakes you
Or old companions shake you
As through this world you wander all alone
When friends you haven't any
In your pocket not a penny
There's a mother always awaiting you at home
Ten years later to this village
Came a stranger no one knew
His steps were halt and ragged clothes he wore
The little children laughed at him
As down the lane he trod
At last he stopped before a cottage door
He gently knocked no sound he heard
He thought "Can she be dead "
But then he heard a voice well known to him
Was his mother's voice but her hair had silvered
By the touch of time
And she said "Thank God they've sent me home my Jim"
If sickness overtakes you
Or old companions shake you
As through this world you wander all alone
When friends you haven't any
In your pocket not a penny
There's a mother always awaiting you at home
[00:00.76]There's A Mother Always Waiting - Johnny Cash
[00:07.14]"So you're going to leave the old home Jim
[00:11.08]Today you're going away
[00:14.33]So you're going among the city folks to dwell"
[00:20.11]So spoke a kind old mother
[00:23.43]To her boy one summer day
[00:26.74]"If your mind's made up that way I wish you well
[00:33.24]The old home will be lonesome
[00:36.43]We'll miss you when you go
[00:39.80]The birds won't sing so sweet when you're not nigh
[00:46.20]But if you get in trouble Jim
[00:49.58]Just write and let us know"
[00:52.46]She spoke these words and then she said goodbye
[00:59.02]If sickness overtakes you
[01:02.37]Or old companions shake you
[01:05.63]As through this world you wander all alone
[01:12.13]When friends you haven't any
[01:15.31]In your pocket not a penny
[01:18.44]There's a mother always awaiting you at home
[01:34.52]Ten years later to this village
[01:38.15]Came a stranger no one knew
[01:41.27]His steps were halt and ragged clothes he wore
[01:48.22]The little children laughed at him
[01:51.16]As down the lane he trod
[01:54.22]At last he stopped before a cottage door
[02:00.78]He gently knocked no sound he heard
[02:04.18]He thought "Can she be dead "
[02:07.62]But then he heard a voice well known to him
[02:13.50]Was his mother's voice but her hair had silvered
[02:17.56]By the touch of time
[02:19.87]And she said "Thank God they've sent me home my Jim"
[02:26.33]If sickness overtakes you
[02:29.72]Or old companions shake you
[02:32.79]As through this world you wander all alone
[02:39.18]When friends you haven't any
[02:42.36]In your pocket not a penny
[02:45.55]There's a mother always awaiting you at home