I started drinking and actin' crazy   Way back in sixty five   Mama would pray and say, he's my baby   Lord, please keep him alive      Sister came home with two little children   Her man had left her alone   Mama knew too well the hurt she was feelin'   'Cause daddy had been gone so long      We all did our part to add to her pain   We all broke her heart but she never complained      She loved a lot in her time   She watched love grow and die on the vine   She stood in the shadows   So others could shine   She loved a lot in her time      Mama's prayers were answered a long time ago   I ain't touched a drink in ten years   Sister remarried to a good ol' boy   They don't live far from here      Mama's work is done   Now, she's gone on home   The words in our hearts   Are engraved on her stone      She loved a lot in her time   She watched love grow and die on the vine   She stood in the shadows   So others could shine   She loved a lot in her time      She stood in the shadows   So others could shine   She loved a lot in her time      Mama, you loved a lot in your time