Collingswood

My mama never heard what the name was we're thinking
She didn't have time for that stuff
We've been livin' with a man who's been all day drinkin'
He was thin, he was mean and rough
Mama did her best just to raise her boys up into a man
When I look at the violence in our home
I told mama that I didn't understand
And she said it's alright, she said it's alright
It's alright, someday is gonna be alright, alright

Each day I wondered will we make it to tomorrow
With all what's goin' on
With axes and his shotgun, the whiskey 'n the sorrow
Will we make it to the dawn
And I lie in my bed all night shakin'
I was feared for my skin
I moved the furniture against the bedroom door
Keep the big man from getting in
And my brother told me
It's alright, that's what he said, it's alright
It's alright, someday is gonna be alright, alright

Well it's so long ago but it still affects me
Sometimes I wake up in the sweat
And I lay there remembering a small boy
Scared and lost as I could get
And out of the darkness comes a vision
And I wonder what it is I'll see
Than a realize it's the spirit of my mama
And she puts her arms around me
And she said it's alright, my mamma said it's alright
It's alright, she said to me, it's alright
It's alright, that's what she said, it's alright
It's alright, someday it's gonna be alright, alright
Gonna be alright, yeah oohhh