Dear mama I hope that you're alright
I can hear the thunder rolling
Across the southern sky tonight
Kids are asleep and the tv's on
And I'm sitting here alone
I just thought I'd write this letter home
I was the one you were counting on
The family's high school start
Jimmy and me ran off that summer
Must have broken you and daddy's heart
Yeah we didn't need nobody's help
We were eighteen years and grown
And I never sent a single letter home
Letters home I wrote them in my dreams
Asking if I'd known what I know now
Would it even have changed a thing
The hardest part of looking back is
The mistakes were all your own
It's harder to say that in those letters home
Jimmy found somebody else
He told me that a new year's day
Said he felt like a man with her
And I watched them drive away children and rent
There was no time for tears just time to carry on
I didn't know how to tell you so
There was no letter home
Letters home I wrote them in my dreams
Asking if I'd known what I know now
Would it even change a thing
The hardest part of looking back is
The mistakes were on your own
You just can't hide them in those letters home
Working a place with some other girls
And we're all doing alright
Raise our kids and our dreams still fit
And sometimes we
Go out at night
I'm twenty nine years young today
And I've lifted to the most
And I just wanted to send you this letter home
Letters home I wrote them in my dreams
Asking if I'd known what I know now
Would it even change
The
The hardest part of looking back
Is the mistakes were all your own
It's harder to say that in those letters home
Yeah it's so hard to say that in those letters home