Mama Lost Her Smile

Album: The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone (2017)
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  • I ain't got much to go on
    Just a box of photographs
    And every picture tells a story
    But every story has two halves

    I keep 'em separate
    In before-and-after piles
    Somewhere in the middle
    Is where mama lost her smile

    Somewhere in the summer
    Back in 1982
    Daddy took a job in town
    And we all had to move

    I feel like there's one missing
    I've felt it for a while
    One that's gonna tell me
    How mama lost her smile

    But you don't take pictures
    Of the bad times
    We only wanna remember
    All the sunshine

    We don't live in pictures
    This is real life
    And they're about as different
    As black and white

    I don't know why it matters
    I just know it does
    It's not like it'll change things
    To find out what it was

    She would never tell us
    That just ain't her style
    But I wish I knew the reason why
    Mama lost her smile

    But you don't take pictures
    Of the bad times
    We only wanna remember
    All the sunshine

    We don't live in pictures
    This is real life
    And they're about as different
    As black and white

    We're all a little older
    And we're all a little worn
    We're all a little faded
    And we're all a little torn

    But you don't take pictures
    Of the bad times
    We only wanna remember
    All the sunshine

    We don't live in pictures
    This is real life
    And they're about as different
    As black and white

    I ain't got much to go on
    Just a box of photographs
    Every picture tells a story
    And every story has two halves Writer/s: Adam Wright, Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Payne
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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