C5
Down by the lake of Mississippi
          D5
A boy was born poor and abandoned
          E5                      A5
And as he walk you could hear him yearning
                  D5   G5
For a home and he prays
            
            C5
And by the fields he sang for rising
            D5
All for his faith and memorizing
            E5        A5
All of the songs his mother learned
         D5        G5
From the lord himself

Chorus:

F5                        C5          C5 G5
Heaven light a way for a fallen
F5                             C5
Let me ease the pain from my mother
        D5                        G5 
But he feels the deception in his head

C5
Another day was born and rising
           D5
And on the stool the boy was trying
           E5                      A5
To earn a coin for his mother, and hoping
                  D5         G5
That freedom will lead her away

            C5
Dear little friend

I've heard your story
               D5
Please take my hand and I'll promise
             E5               A5
We'll find a way and we'll be fighting
          D5              G5
For your mother, and her wings

Heaven light a way for a fallen
Let me ease the pain from my mother
But he feels the deception in his head

F5                       C5      C5 G5
Heaven light a way for another
F5                          C5      C5 G5
Let me ease the pain for a fallen
F5                         C5         A5 G5
We are on our way so much stronger
F5                         C5
Heaven light the way for another
       D5                        G5
And he feels no deception in his head