papa brought flowers for mama today
and all the grown children but it's not mother's day
i don't have no money not even a dime
but i brought mama flowers like i have all the time
every day i'd pick flowers from this pretty hill
a small bunch of daisies and a few daffodils
i'd bring them to mama at the end of the day
and say flowers for mama here's mama's bouquet
i cried in her face and she'd hold me close
she'd say they were more precious than a beautiful rose
and she wore a smile sweeter than millions of flowers
a smile that i'll carry through life's darkest hours
now mama was lying there
yes i tell me she passed away
she was surrounded with flowers that outshone my bouquet
and i cried in her face and she wore a smile sweeter than millions of flowers


and i cried in her face and she wore a smile sweeter than millions of flowers
i know mine aren't very fancy but still all the while
they were placed in her hand and i know i saw mama's smile
flowers for mama i picked them today
flowers for mama i picked them today
flowers for mama i picked them today
not very much just a simple bouquet
mama wasn't so fancy but up there above
she's the prettiest flower in god's garden
she's the prettiest flower in god's garden

she's the prettiest flower in god's garden