I've just been to heaven with someone so true   I dreamed about mama last night   She read me the Bible like she used to do   I dreamed about mama last night      She never close her eyes and sleep till we were all in bed   And on party nights till we came home she often sat and read   We little thought about it then for we were young and gay   Just how much mama worried when we children were away      We only knew she never slept when we were out at night   That she waited just to know that we'd all come home alright   Why sometimes when we'd stay away till one or two or three   It seemed to us that mama heard the turnin' of the key      For always when we'd step aside she'd call and we'd reply   But we were all too young back then to understand the reason why   Until the last one had returned she'd always keep a light   For mama couldn't sleep until she kissed us all goodnight      She had to know that we were safe before she went to rest   Well she seemed to fear that the world might harm   The ones that she loved the best   And once she told me when you're grown to women and to men   Perhaps I'll sleep the whole night through I may be different then      And so it seemed that night and day we knew a mother's care   That always when we got back home we'd find her waitin' there   Then came the night that we were called together round her bed   The children are all with you now the kindly doctor said      And in her eyes the gleam again that old time tender light   That told that she's just been waitin' to know we were alright   She smiled that old familiar smile and prayed to God to keep   Her children safe from harm throughout the years   And then she went to sleep      My dream is a treasure that I'll always keep   I dreamed about mama last night