When She Sang Amazing Grace

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When I was a child my mama would hold me In her lovin' arms when the storm clouds come along The dark clouds rising, storms a-ragin' She'd sing an old gospel song [Verse 2] With the thunder crashing, lightning flashing I found comfort in the words that she would sing Beyond these dark skies there's a rainbow That only love and the sun will bring [Chorus] When she sang "Amazing Grace" I felt tears in my eyes When she sang "Circle Be Unbroken" I knew there were bluer skies [Verse 3] Time rolled on, the circle was broken Mama went on to somewhere beyond the blue I started ramblin' that lost highway And hard livin' took away the little child she knew [Verse 4] I started drinking and I started gambling I had no one to look over me There was no blue skies, only sorrow And I could only hear her sing in my memory [Chorus] When she sang "Amazing Grace" I felt tears in my eyes When she sang "Circle Be Unbroken" I knew there were bluer skies [Verse 5] I was runnin' with a wild bunch Hanging with the rough and the rowdy kind I was living fast and I was dying young So alone, Lord, I had a worried mind [Verse 6] I was drunk and I was hurtin' Somewhere on the streets in New Orleans When I stumbled into a little shelter I saw an angel with a tambourine [Chorus] When she sang "Amazing Grace" I felt tears in my eyes When she sang "Circle Be Unbroken" I knew there were bluer skies [Outro] When she sang "Amazing Grace" I felt tears in my eyes When she sang "Circle Be Unbroken" I knew there were bluer skies When she sang "Amazing Grace" I felt tears in my eyes When she sang "Circle Be Unbroken" I knew there were bluer skies