(verse 1) Hey mom I know that it's late, hope I didn't wake you, yea everything is ok, I just needed to talk to you, (pre-cho) So take it I had one of those days, But I didn't call to complain, Just to say everything that I did for all of those years, (1st chorus) You were a taxi cab driver, a nurse and a maid, A waitress a cook, and a shoulder to lay My head on to cry on, when nothing was goin my way, You knew every answer without crackin a book, And I took for granted that I had it so good, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say, Thank you, I love you, Twenty Years Late, (verse 2) Funny how time passin by can change your perspective, A little while out on your own, can sure make you think, (pre-cho) I don't, know how you did it, no I can't find one spare minute, The days run together but I don't ever remember you, ever, Lettin us down, YOu were the judge and the jury when I did wrong, You're my biggest fan from my very first song, The gas and the engine that always kept me movin on, A seamstress a counciler, and the one referee, that could stop a fight 'tween my brother and me, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say, Thank you, I love you, Twenty Years Late, (bridge) I'll let you go now, But I hope you know now, how I feel, Thank you for makin me the man I've become, I love you and I will always be your son, mom that's all I called to say, Twenty Years Late, Twenty Years Late, Twenty Years Late, * * * CAPO 2nd Fret * * * Hey mom I know that it's late, hope I didn't wake you, yea everything is ok, I just needed to talk to you, (pre-cho) So take it I had one of those days, But I didn't call to complain, Just to say everything that I did for all of those years, (chorus) You were a taxi cab driver, a nurse and a maid, A waitress a cook, and a shoulder to lay My head on to cry on, when nothing was goin my way, You knew every answer without crackin a book, And I took for granted that I had it so good, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say, Thank you, I love you, Twenty Years Late, ( 2nd verse ) I'll let you go now, But I hope you know now, how I feel, Thank you for makin me the man I've become, I love you and I will always be your son, mom that's all I called to say, Twenty Years Late, Twenty Years Late, Twenty Years Late,