Momma can you tell me
Why you chose to stay
Were your earthly eyes so blinded
You couldn't see another way

Did you see your chance was coming
To exchange this life for more
To be free from all the worry
Your earthly future had in store

Did you see our faces, Momma
Did you feel our love as well
As the walls around you crumbled
And, to the ground, you fell

As your broken body lay there
Did you feel the sting of death
Did you call out to Jesus
As you took your final breath

When life was taken from you
And you closed your precious eyes
Did you see the face of Jesus
When from death, you did arise

Were you humbled by His presence
As He took you by the hand
To guide you ever gently
Over to the promised land

Did you see the gates of Heaven
And the shining streets of gold
Are the walls of jasper pretty
Like in the stories I've been told

Did you hear the sound of trumpets
That welcome all God's children home
Did He show, to you, a vision
Of His great golden throne

Were the angels there to greet you
Did they bow at Jesus' feet
Did they bring my other babies
So their grandma, they could meet

What does your mansion look like
How will I know which one is yours
Doesn't matter, for when it's my turn
I'll knock on all of Heaven's doors

Momma, you have taught me
Many things to help me grow
And now it's time to tell you
What I need for you to know

My love for you is deeper
But my stubborn sense of pride
Has made my heart a prison
With my feelings locked inside

I can't keep the pain forever
It's like being torn apart
Sweet release is not forgetting
Because you're forever in my heart

So keep your mansion's lights on
I won't be far behind
For a thousand years in this life
Is but a breath in time

Your reasons, now, don't matter
They were yours, and yours alone
What matters most to me, it's true
Is you're safe, at last, you're home