Perfect To Me Lyrics

Perfect To Me

Today I bought a white bouquet

To place upon my mama's grave

It seems like only yesterday

That she walked me to school even in the rain

She took my hand and smiled at me

As we crossed that busy street

I stayed right by her side

I was only five

She was kind and wise and good

Mama taught me everything she could

She put me first, I was never in need

Some folks say nobody's perfect

But mama was perfect to me..perfect to me

She would turn the radio on

And we'd sing along to every song

I'd do my homework and she'd make

The best fried chicken that I ever ate

These were the things that fed my soul

When I was 12 years old

In that old, pink robe she'd wait for me at night

I'd see her silhouette in that dim porch light

I can still hear her say

Thank God, you made it home safe

That's what Mamas do,

They do their best for you

A new job took me far away

I'd send her roses on Mothers's day

Just too busy to get back home

Tried harder after papa passed on

Soon she was runnin' out of time

Cause forever's not part life.

It was hard to face the truth when I was only 32

She was kind and wise and good

Mama taught me everything she could

She put me first, I was never in need

Some folks say nobody's perfect

But mama was perfect to me..perfect to me

Some folks say nobody's perfect

But mama was perfect to me..perfect to me

But mama was selfless and perfect to me

I held her close and felt her gentle heart beat

and it was perfect, perfect to me