[verse 1] mama sang, happiest girl in the whole USA, with a smile upon her face. while Conway begged don't take it away, and she sang every word with grace, Crystal Gayle promised I'll get over you, though we all knew hearts take time. and Tammy cried stand by your man, like she'd lived every line. [verse 2] Loretta Warned don't come home a drinkin loud enough to shake the walls, Dolly begged Jolene one more time in that sweet Tennessee draw. Barbara sang I was country when country wasn't Cool proud as she could be and Mama turned that old radio into our family history [chorus] she didn't just sing those country songs she lived them line by line, every heartbreak, every prayer, every mountain she would climb. that old transistor radio wasn't just a melody, it was the soundtrack of Mama's life... and the making of me. [verse 3] when life got hard she'd hum a tune instead of shedding tears, every record on that shelf carried pieces of her years. funny how those old songs still take me back in time... I don't just hear the music... I hear Mama's voice in mine. [bridge] now when that old radio plays I don't just hear a song, I hear Mama in the kitchen, softly singing all along. every chorus holds a memory, every verse a place and time, those old country songs are forever... the soundtrack of her life and mine. [final chorus] Mama sang happiest girl in the whole USA with a smile upon her face, while Conway begged please don't take it away and she sang every word with Grace. Crystal Gayle sang I'll get over you with an unsteady hand, whilel Tammy wynette still cried stand by your Man! though the records may stop spinning, her melodies live on, every time I hear those country songs... I still hear Mama sing along. and somewhere up in heaven, I believe she's smiling too... singing every country song ... like she always used to do.
