If I could only hear my mother sing again    If I could close my eyes and hear your voice as then    All the friends and family    Would sing along with me    And set your spirit free       In my heart I hear you sing again    Every note as natural as then    When I sing those songs    With family and friends    In my heart I hear you sing again       I know the troubled times that turned your hair to grey    And all the tears and sorrows followed to your grave    But deep within the heart of hunger    There were always melodies    Passed from you to me       In my heart I hear you sing again    Every note as natural as then    When I sing those songs    For family and friends    In my heart I hear you sing again       And it's a long, long road I've come    Since my mother's songs were heard    But the child I can't outrun    Still hangs on every word       In my heart I hear you sing again    Every note as natural as then    When I sing those songs    With family and friends    In my heart I hear you sing again