She kept the beds made and stayed there all alone 

Washed her clothes and hung them out to dry 

Did things the same old way and though her kids were gone 

She kept the lights on in their room at night 

She kept the dust away until she could no more 

and the house was sold and everything inside 

All her treasures were not worth much at all 

Always happy she had never questioned why 



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Everything she owned was scattered to the wind 

Sold at auction on a sunny autumn day 

It took a lifetime to find all the things she wanted 

And a day for all those hands to come and carry them away 



Her daughter closed the door and looked back one more time 

She could feel her mother's eyes 

Watching down on her just like years ago 

From her window at the kitchen as a child 

Those summer nights seemed like they would never end 

And she remembered how her Mama prayed for rain 

Where did all that time go and leave me here 

To face the world without my Mama in the rain? 



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