She sat all alone on a bus out of Beaumont

The courage of just eighteen years

A penny and quarter taped to a letter

And mamma's goodbye in her ears





She watched as her high-school faded behind her

And the house with the white picket fence

Then she read the note that her mamma had wrote

Wrapped up with twenty-six cents





CHORUS:

When you get lonely, call me, anytime at all

I'll be there with you, always, anywhere at all

There's nothing I got that I wouldn't give

And money is never enough

Here's a penny for your thoughts, a quarter for the call

And all o' your mamma's love





A penny and quarter buys a whole lotta nothing

Taped to an old wrinkled note

But when she didn't have much, she had all mamma's love

Inside that old envelope





REPEAT CHORUS





Oh it's been years since mamma's been gone

But when she hold the coins she feels her love

Just as strong...





REPEAT CHORUS





Here's a penny for your thoughts, a quarter for the call

And all o' your mamma's love