[Verse 1] Mama had a hard-earned smile Like sunrise on a summer hill Cancer came and tried her twice She stood her ground, she stood it still Hands full of flour, jars, and thread Warm bread cooling on the board She could patch a heart with one small word And leave you wanting just one more [Pre-Chorus] Then that fever took her breath And left the whole house still We kept her love in every room We still do, always will [Chorus] Three children, four hands One mama love so wide Three children, four hands Still holding on inside She baked it, canned it Knitted every night Three children, four hands And a mother for life [Verse 2] One boy, two girls, all her pride And grandbabies on her knee She knew every laugh by heart Every little legacy Crochet hook by the window light Needles moving soft and slow She made a home from humble things More than we will ever know [Pre-Chorus] Then that fever took her breath And left the whole house still We kept her love in every room We still do, always will [Chorus] Three children, four hands One mama love so wide Three children, four hands Still holding on inside She baked it, canned it Knitted every night Three children, four hands And a mother for life [Bridge] We miss her at the table now At the jars and pie pan tin But I hear her in our voices In the way we carry kin She beat the odds so many times Till her body said, "I'm done" Still she left us all her courage And a little bit of her sun [Chorus] Three children, four hands One mama love so wide Three children, four hands Still holding on inside She baked it, canned it Knitted every night Three children, four hands And a mother for life
