Momma's Eyes

Lyrics

Momma's Eyes
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Verse 1]
Sunday mornin', third pew back,
Half-asleep till her eyes found mine,
A raised brow meant slow down, a soft one meant hold that track,
I could read her like scripture — every word, every line.

[Chorus]
Momma's eyes, Momma's eyes,
Never mean, never cold,
Just her love in a quiet disguise,
In a look older than old.
No hollerin', no fight,
Just a glance that made me right —
Her eyes spoke louder than her words.

[Verse 2]
Years rolled on, that pew filled up again,
My kids restless now, right where I used to sit,
She gave them the same look she gave to me,
Same love, same warnin' — new faces, same old fit.

[Verse 3]
Now I'm sittin' in that same old pew,
Casket up front, and the choir sings on,
I keep wantin' to turn and catch her eye —
But that spot beside me... Momma's gone.

[Bridge]
I didn't understand it then,
Thought it was about the rules,
Now I know it was love wearin' a warnin',
The kind that gets you through.

[Verse 4]
Some legacies come wrapped in gold or land,
Mine came in a glance I didn't understand,
Passed down like a hymn nobody wrote,
A love language written before I could vote.

[Final Chorus]
Momma's eyes, Momma's eyes,
I still feel that quiet disguise,
Her love was never loud or bold,
Just a look older than old.
No hollerin', no fight,
Still that glance that makes me right —
Her eyes still speak louder than her words.