Alabama - The Boy

He stays up at night till way after dark


Feeding the dog that lives in our yard


He'll put on my shoes and stumble around


But together we can catch any outlaw in town





The boy tries to be just like me


I'm all that he tries to be


Watching cartoons on my knee


Mamma's little man and me





He wants to know how this and that goes


He'll play all day on a mountain of clay


And he'll fight with me to show that he's strong


But if he gets hurt it's mamma he wants





The boy tries to be just like me


I'm all that he tries to be


Watching cartoons on my knee


Mamma's little man and me





Some day I know he'll leave us alone


Break mamma's heart I'll try to be strong


But if I shed a tear I hope he won't see


The big man is him and the boy is me





The boy tried to be just like me


He's all that I try to be


Now I'm watching cartoons on my knees


And mamma's little man is me





Let's go to bed mamma