It's raining in the mountains It's heading this way It's supposed to rain tomorrow Or the next day I'm sure I'll get along baby But a whole lot has changed Yours is the first voice I've heard in days Oh but mama if you don't mind Can we talk about something else? Mama, please don't come over Saying nothing you can't help You'll be the first to know when I start to come around I'm not drowning I'm just seeing how long I can stay down And mama, she's gone And just a picture in a drawer The kind of hurt that takes a rainy day And hurts that much more Mama, she's gone Well, you know there's nothing tying me To this town now that she's gone Don't know why I ever come back Guess I just tagged along Can't believe that once I called this place my home 'Cause I'm walking the streets and all I see is ghosts Mama, she's gone And just a picture in a drawer The kind of hurt that takes a rainy day And hurts that much more Mama, she's gone Lonely, lonely and wondering where I am And I know the love I see Is over long before it began And now the rain's getting closer Midnight's coming on The wind seems to whisper You fool you know she's gone I still leave the gate unlatched Just in case she staggers home Mama said she was no good And now she's gone