I remember the day

I called mama on the telephone

I told her mama I'm getting married

I could hear her voice

on the other side of the telephone

she was smiling

and she asked me a question

that I proudly answered

She said son

Did you take time to know her

I said mama she's the best

But today it hurts me so

To go back to mama and say

mama I'm getting divorced

Oh I'm getting divorced

This choice I made

didn't work out the way I thought it would (x2)

it hurts me so mama

mama said to me

Chorus:

It's not easy to understand it son

But I hope you'll make it (x3)

You'll be happy again

I remember in church

When the preacher read the scriptures

You looked so beautiful and so innocent

I did not know that behind that beauty

Lies the true colours that will

destroy me in the near future

This choice I made

didn't work out the way I thought it would be (x2)

Now I'm hurting

I remember when I held you

By the hand

preacherman read the scriptures

Putting words in your mouth

Maybe what the preacherman said

was not something that was with you

Now I know what they mean when they say

Beautiful woman is another man's plaything

Oh Lord I'm hurting now

this choice I made

didn't work out the way I thought it would

Mama said to me

Chorus:

It's not easy to understand it son

But I hope you'll make it (x3)

You'll be happy again