(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,