BROTHER_CALVIN

OH LET ME TELL A STANGE STORY
ABOUT A MEMORIAL DAY
HOW A MOTHER RECEIVED A BLESSING
IN A SPECIAL WAY.

BROTHER CALVIN IS THE MAIN STORY
I WAS JUST A WITNESS YOU SEE
HE WAS SINGING TO HIS MOTHER
AN A FEW OTHERS THAT HAPPENED TO BE

OLD CALVIN CAME TO MAKE A VISIT
HE HAD BROUGHT A FEW FRIENDS
TO SING TO MOM IN A NURSING HOME
WHERE SHE WAS HELD WITHIN.

I MUST ADMIT MY EYES WERE MOIST
TO SEE SUCH A GLORIOUS SIGHT
FOR A MOTHER GENTLY TAPPING
TO A TUNE THAT SHED GODS LIGHT.

OH, I KNOW THAT SHE COULD SEE HER SON
ALTHOUGH SHE HAD POOR SIGHT
I KNOW THAT HE AT SEVENTY FOUR
WAS SINGING ONLY TO HER GODS SONGS THAT NIGHT.

I HAVE DONE A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS
ON MEMORIAL DAY
I THINK THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST
BEING WITH BROTHER CALVIN,HEARING HIM SING AND PRAY.

I THINK THAT GOD WAS HAVING A BALL
TO SEE A SON ACTING THIS WAY
I AS A WITNESS KNOW I DID REJOICE
TO HERE BROTHER CALVIN SING AND PRAY.

TO ALL YOU YOUNG ONES WHO HAVE A MOM
AND SHE IS IN A HOME FAR AWAY
THINK OF BROTHER CALVIN AT SEVENTY FOUR
AND GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY.

IF HE CAN DO IT SO CAN I
TO MY MOM WHO IS IN HEAVEN I PRAY
MAYBE I CAN WRITE SOME VERSE OR SONG
THAT SHE CAN TAP HER TOE SOMEDAY.

I KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME
A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD NOT HAVE COME
ISN'T LIFE STRANGE TO BE ONE OF GODS SONS
AND CHOOSE A NURSING HOME FOR FUN.