As I drive towards home I picture mama waiting
She'll be glad to see her big time boy come home
She gets little in return for all she's given
And I'm all she's got to love since daddy's gone
Now I'm forty miles away and I'm just wondering
Why I ever told her I was doing well
When I first went wrong I should have turned to mama
But it's hard to get back up once you have fell
It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning
And it's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring
It's the last time I'll feel mama's arms around me
And it's the last chance here on earth I'll have to sing
As I drive away, behind me mama's waving
To a son that's all she'd ever hoped he'd be
Now she'll say her final prayer and go meet daddy
And I'm glad she's only seen one side of me
Today makes thirteen years in Coleman Federal Prison
And tonight I'll walk my last few steps alone
But I can't help thinking somewhere mama's waiting
Once again to see her big time boy come home
It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning
And it's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring
It's the last time I'll feel mama's arms around me
And it's the last chance here on earth I'll have to sing
It's the last time I'll see flowers in the morning
And it's the last time I'll hear robins in the spring
It's the last time I'll feel mama's arms around me
And it's the last time I'll see flowers in the spring