Mama Sing Me A Song

Mama, Sing Me a Song

Featured in the folk musical Grit & Grace 2002: Letters From the Home Front.

Mama, sing me a song
Let me sleep in your bed
Mama, what's going on
I'm scared inside my head
Mama, tell me a story
So I can go to sleep
All those strangers and their guns
Was it something that I've done?
Please pray the Lord
He'll have my soul to keep

Mama, why is there war?
That's all they talk about
Mama, what's the fighting for?
Why do they scream and shout?
Mama, tell me a story
Like you do most every night
I wish things weren't so loud
All those bright lights in the clouds
Let's close our eyes
Let's please don't watch them fight

Mama, can they hurt us here?
Please hold me very tight
Mama, is the war as near
As it seems to be tonight?
Mama, sing me a song
'Bout rainbows in the sky
Please hold us in your arms
And keep us safe and warm
Oh, Mama, I'm sorry I made you cry
I really didn't mean to make you cry