Momma let me find shelter in your sweet lovin' arms
Hold me close and kiss the hurt away
Turn the teardrops into sunshine
Like you did when dreams were mine
Momma let me find shelter in your sweet lovin' arms
No vacancy is flashing in my dirty motel window
I guess it must be six o'clock again
It's another lonely Friday night in Dozier Alabama
And Lord my sanity is wearing thin
Somewhere in this mirror I still see a bright eyed dreamer
Slipping out the backdoor with a man
He's over you he stole your heart
And he left her out there crying
And why she stayed I'll never understand
Momma let me find shelter in your sweet lovin' arms
Hold me close and kiss the hurt away
Turn the teardrops into sunshine
Like you did when dreams were mine
Momma let me find shelter in your sweet lovin' arms
I don't know where the years went mom or why I never called you
It's too late now you're gone and laid to rest
Still if I could I'd climb upon your lap just like a baby
And lay my weary head upon your breast
Momma let me find shelter in your sweet lovin' arms
Hold me close and kiss the hurt away
Turn the teardrops into sunshine
Like you did when dreams were mine
Momma let me find shelter in your sweet lovin' arms