From the recording Little Town In America
Momma’s Man
Written by Mark Addison Chandler, Davis Corley and Jessie Ritter
©2020 Carolina True Music, BMI/ Lady Luck Songs, SESAC/ Tiny Palace Publishing, ASCAP
Steve Brewster - Drums, Jimmy Carter - Bass, Jim Lill - Electric Guitar, Bryan Sutton - Acoustic Guitar, Gary Morse - Pedal Steel Guitar, Jessie Ritter - Background Vocals
Lyrics
Verse 1:
I remember when he was no more than a stranger
Answering the front door I felt fear and I felt anger
But Momma put her makeup on and even wore her heels
She set four plates on the table like she hadn’t done in years
I was still too young to see the way he made her happy
Coming from the city he was nothing like my daddy
He was strange and he was different, I didn’t get his jokes
Never would have dreamed he’d be the man I’m proud to know
Chorus:
He’s humble and he’s unassuming, patient like there’s nothing to it
thankful and content to treat us like his friends
He’s comfortable in his own shoes, loves with nothing else to prove
He’s living proof that heaven has a plan
I thank God for Momma’s man
Verse 2:
He don’t try to take the place of the man that she loved first
He don’t expect his name on a gravestone next to hers
By now he knows our stories, cuz he listens and he cares
The way he laughs along you’d never know he wasn’t there
Chorus
Bridge:
I thank God
Chorus
He’s humble and he’s unassuming, patient like there’s nothing to it
thankful and content to treat us like his friends
He’s comfortable in his own shoes, loves with nothing else to prove
He’s living proof that heaven has a plan
Even when it’s hard to understand
I thank God for Momma’s Man