FOR THE LIFE THAT YOU DID GIVE
BECAUSE YOU GAVE THEN I DO LIVE
FOR THE TIMES YOU KNELT AND PRAYED
AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS YOU OBEYED
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR EVERY TIME I SAW YOU PRAY
AND WATCHED YOU GROW, THE CHRISTIAN WAY
FOR THE GOOD EXAMPLE  THAT YOU SET
ALL THROUGH THIS LIFE I'LL NOT FORGET
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR THE WAY YOU STOOD ABOVE THE CROWD
WHEN I THINK BACK, IT MAKES ME PROUD
FOR HOW YOU STUCK FOR HIGH IDEALS
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR THE MANY PITFALLS I'VE BEEN SPARED
BECAUSE YOU LOVED , BECAUSE YOU CARED
FOR HOW LONG YOU TAUGHT ME RIGHT FROM WRONG
THAT I MIGHT SUCCEED, SO I COULD BELONG
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR THE TEARS YOU SHED O'RE ME
WONDERING WHAT I'D GREW UP TO TO BE
FOR ALL THE NIGHTS YOU NEVER SLEPT
BECAUSE OF LATE HOURS THAT I KEPT
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR THE MANY FAVORS I DID SEEK
AND THEN NO WORD OF THANKS WOULD SPEAK
FOR ALL THE GOOD ADVISE YOU GAVE
THAT WILL FOLLOW ME BEYOND THE GRAVE
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR EVERY TIME YOU TOOK MY PART
'TWAS MOTHER'S LOVE STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART
FOR EVERY DAY I SPENT WITH YOU
YOU TAUGHT SOME LESSON, WISE AND TRUE
THANK YOU MOTHER, THANK YOU

FOR THE WAY YOU'VE LIVED YOUR LIFE
AS TEENAGER, SWEETHEART, MOTHER, WIFE
FOR YOU THERE IS A SPEICAL DAY
NAMED IN YOUR HONOR, MOTHER'S DAY
THANK YOU MOTHER THANK YOU.

OTTO STOREY MAY 8, 1977