[Verse 1] Never met her, Maw Maw McDonald Picked that cotton in the northern Alabama heat Sweat on her brow, sun burnin’ down Spun the thread by hand ‘neath the old kerosene light Stitched every square with love through the long, long night For her generations that came into this world To snuggle them up and keep them warm [Chorus] It’s a hundred-year-old quilt Raggedy and worn Sits in the closet now Nobody wants it no more But it still keeps you warm Lord, it still keeps you warm Stitched with a love That outlasts the storm [Verse 2] First child died, he passed at fifteen months Left a hole in the family that never quite closed Then came Rayburn, Bobby, then Noel The twin girls arrived, and the whole house rose She taught ’em to be women and survive The boys just ran wild like boys always do But that quilt covered all five Through and through [Chorus] It’s a hundred-year-old quilt Raggedy and worn Sits in the closet now Nobody wants it no more But it still keeps you warm Lord, it still keeps you warm Stitched with a love That outlasts the storm [Verse 3] The next was the baby boy, he went off to Vietnam Came back with a cold that no blanket could calm The war took the warmth right out of his soul Left that quilt folded up, forgotten and old I have it now don’t warm nobody, just gathers the dust But those stitches still hold every story, every trust Great-grandmama’s hands worked through blood, sweat, and tears Left a legacy here that outlives the years [Bridge] So if you’re ever cold and the world’s closin’ in Pull that quilt from the closet, let the warmth begin Hear the hands that made it, hear the love remain Soft as rain on a tin roof, strong as a prayer in pain [Chorus] It’s a hundred-year-old quilt Raggedy and worn Sits in the closet now Nobody wants it no more But it still keeps you warm Lord, it still keeps you warm Stitched with a love That outlasts the storm [Outro] Outlasts the storm Outlasts the storm
