D5 G5 I remember as a baby barely one year old D5 A5 When I first met Mama Courtney with her heart of gold D5 G5 I didn?t know away back then how she?d influence me D5 A5 D5 And I thank Mama Courtney for the man I grew to be D5 G5 My mother lost her way in life Mama Courtney took me in D5 A5 She became my foster Mother and my best friend D5 G5 She?d drive us kids around the town in a big black ghost mobile D5 A5 D5 To this day I still remember how good she made us feel Chorus G5 D5 There are many children in this world who suffer hurt and shame G5 D5 A5 I thank all the Mama Courtney?s who took away their pain D5 G5 God works in mysterious ways I believe this is true D5 A5 D5 Though she had no children of her own she fostered 32 D5 G5 Blackie was her husband he drove a pick-up truck D5 A5 He worked at the power station to earn an honest buck D5 A5 At weekends he go hunting squirrels up in Arkinsaw D5 A5 D5 And every night when he tucked us in we would call him Pa D5 G5 Us kids are all now grown up and gone our separate ways D5 A5 I look back on my childhood with many happy days D5 G5 And when I go back to Sri-Port I place flowers on her grave D5 A5 D5 And I thank Mama Courtney for all us kids that she saved Repeat Chorus X 2
