Strong (feat. Charles Esten)

When I was just a little girl

Frightened by this great big world around me

She calmed me down

And in those teenage years when things got rough

I’d give in and I’d give up

She’d be right there for me

My mama gave me strength and told me I could do it

She’s the only reason I got through it

She said be strong

When times are tough and everything goes wrong

You can cry those tears but when they’re gone

You carry on

You be strong

On that winter night when I got that call

She calmly explained it all

I cried and asked God why

Doctors said it was her last spring

She said ‘doctors dont know everything’

She’s still here after four hard years

Of fighting faithfully so gracefully

Til she recovered

She amazed us all

That’s my mother

She’s strong

When times were tough and everything went wrong

She fought through the tears and now they’re gone

She carried on

She’s strong

She still worries about me though

Will I be fine when she’s called home

I said that’ll hurt like hell

But my mama taught me well

So I’ll be strong

When you’re not here with me where you belong

Yes I’ll cry those tears when you are gone

But I’ll carry on

I’ll be strong

The way you raised me up my whole life long

Your voice will be inside me like a song

And I’ll miss you mom

But I’ll be strong

Strong