brand new shoes and my brother s lunchbox my first day walkin to the bus stop by myself poor mama she was beside herself daddy smiled said he s so damn proud punched my shoulder said you re a big boy now and mama laughed through the tears she was holdin back but what slipped through rolled down her cheek i took her hand and i said please mama don t cry there ain t no reason it s a good day there ain t no need in all the worryin that you re doin i ll be home soon back with you and i know you wanna i know you probably gonna but don t cry mama i broke the news while she swept the kitchen me and the boys got the news we re shippin next month uncle sam needs your youngest son to fight the fight she held me tight i wiped a teardrop from her eyes mama don t cry there ain t a reason it s a good day to fight for freedom stop all the worryin that you re doin i ll be home soon back with you and i know you wanna i know you probably gonna but don t cry mama why did you have to leave so soon mama i wish that you were sittin in that pew oh mama i know you heard me say i do so with this weddin day rain s because of you mama don t cry there ain t no reason it s a good day up there with jesus stop all that worryin that you re doin it s true love like daddy and you and i know you wanna i know you probably gonna but don t cry mama don t cry mama