Words and Music by Matt Salada

[Verse 1]
Scuffed knees and torn jeans and
Words daddies don't mean
They're the wounds mamas try to heal
Kind thoughts and soft hearts, those would
Both be lost arts
If mama's weren't around just to prove they're real

[Chorus]
When a boy, when a boy
When a boy's got a mama (a-fear-a-God-strong mama)
With a voice, a calm still voice
And you fall like she knew that your gonna
You'll hear truth 'bout the trail that you're riding (you're ridin')
In moments you're not even trying
And couldn't stop, never stop
Stop if you'd wanna (oh oh no)
That's one good mama
That's one good mama, yeah

[Verse 2]
There's hard days that don't pay
Near enough, but it's okay
'Cause your ma' showed how to dig on in and just make do
And said life ain't a safe place, but ya'
Ware a brave face
And don't quit on nothin' even if it quits on you

[Chorus]
When a boy (when a boy)
When a boy's got a mama (a-seen-it-all-strong mama)
With a voice (a calm still voice)
And you fall like she knew that you're gonna
You'll hear truth 'bout the trail that you're riding, that you're ridin'
In moments you're not even trying
And couldn't stop, never stop
Stop if you'd wanna (oh oh no)
That's one good mama
That's one good mama, yeah

[Bridge]
Quiet as moonlight
Filling the room,
I see her before my eyes, oh
Faint like an echo
Whisperin' let go
Of those fears so that peace can rise, yeah

[Chorus]
When a boy (when a boy)
When a boy's got a mama (never-let-you-down-strong mama)
With a voice (a calm still voice)
And you fall like she knew that you're gonna
You'll hear truth 'bout the trail that you're riding, that you're ridin'
In moments you're not even trying
And couldn't stop,
Never stop
Stop if you'd wanna (oh oh no)
That's one good mama
That's one good mama, yeah