Three

Three ways before I could even need My brother's son, didn't see him turn one or two Three months I haven't made Sunday service once I'm out on the road praying alone Every night for a sign that I'm doing this right, and I'm right Where I'm supposed to be Mama said, you'll be a star And daddy said You're gonna go far, all you gotta do is sing your heart out A lot of miles, a lot of tears You've given me some of my best years There's so much I had to miss out on Six years of missing home for three minutes on the radio Three years of wishing that he was here holding my hand No, I didn't plan for those three words To be the ones that hurt They don't sound the same from so far away Oh, my mama said, "you'll be a star" And daddy said You're gonna go far, all you gotta do is sing your heart out A lot of miles, a lot of tears You've given me some of my best years There's so much I had to miss out on Six years of missing home for three minutes on the radio I'll do it for the three girls at my show Who saved up for the front row And the three times that I heard just this week that my words Were sang by three-year-old Hairbrush for a microphone Little girl with a dream And that girl was me Yeah, my mama said, you'll be a star And daddy said You're gonna go far, all you gotta do is sing your heart out A lot of miles, a lot of tears You've given me my best years There's so much I had to miss out on Six years of missing home But I'd spend fifty more gone for three minutes on the radio