Red Sovine - I Dreamed About Mama Last Night lyrics

I've just been to heaven with someone so true I dreamed about Mama last night She read me the Bible as she used to do I dreamed about Mama last night She never closed her eyes to sleep Till we were all in bed And on party nights till we came home She always sat and read We had little thought about it then For we were young and gay Just how much Mama worried When we children were away We only knew she never slept While we were out at night That she waited just to know That we'd all come home alright And sometimes when we'd stay away Till 1 or 2 or 3 It seemed to us that Mama heard The turning of the key For always when we'd step inside She'd call and we'd reply We were all too young back then To understand the reason why Till the last one had returned She always kept a light For Mama couldn't sleep until She'd kissed us all good night She had to know we were safe Before she went to rest For she always feared the world might harm The ones she loved the best Once she said, "When you are grown To women and to men Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through It might be different then" So it seemed that night and day We knew our mother's care For always when we got back home We found her waiting there Then came the day We were called together 'round her bed "The children are all with ya now" The kindly doctor said Then in her eyes there gleamed again That old-time tender light That told that she waited Just to know we made it home alright She smiled that old familiar smile And prayed to God to keep Her children safe from harm throughout the years And then she went asleep My dream is a treasure that I'll always keep I dreamed about Mama last night