A new Mother’s Chair

Lyrics

Verse 1 The coffee pot still sings that old familiar tune Morning light still finds its way across the room There’s a hundred little things that time can’t seem to change But the silence where you used to be still calls my name I still reach for that phone some days without thinkin’ Got a story you’d have loved, a secret worth keepin’ Then reality comes walkin’ through that door again And I remember heaven borrowed my best friend Chorus There’s an empty chair at Sunday dinner And a thousand things I never got to say I hear your voice in every prayer I whisper When yeah, the world gets heavy and I lose my way Everybody says that time heals all things But some hearts learn to carry what they can’t replace So I keep your love folded deep inside me And see your smile in every bit of grace Verse 2 The older that I get, the more I understand How much strength was hidden in your gentle hands All the little sacrifices nobody could see Built a bridge that still carries me I catch myself sayin’ things exactly like you said And sometimes I can hear you in the corners of my head Not a ghost, not a memory fading into blue Just a mother’s love still makin’ its way through Chorus There’s an empty chair at Sunday dinner And a thousand things I never got to say I hear your voice in every prayer I whisper When the world gets heavy and I lose my way Everybody says that time heals all things But some hearts learn to carry what they can’t replace So I keep your love folded deep inside me And see your smile in every bit of grace Bridge If heaven’s got a front porch and a swing that faces west I hope you’re watchin’ sunsets while you’re gettin’ some rest And when my road is finished and my work down here is through The first face that I’m lookin’ for is you Final Chorus There’s an empty chair at Sunday dinner But your love still fills this house somehow Every lesson, every prayer, every piece of who I am Is standing right beside me now So until the day I see you waiting Beyond the clouds where angels sing your name I’ll keep livin’ in a way that makes you proud of me And carry your love just the same Outro Some people leave this world behind them You never really went away… You’re in every beat of my heart, Mama And you’ll be there forever and a day.