an only child in a lonely town with her head held high and her hair flowing down her mama told her babe you know you re beautiful inside and out first day of school and the kids all laughed as a kick me sign is placed on her back fighting the tears she walked away knowing just exactly what mama would say i don t need you i don t need you i don t need you cause i know i m beautiful i might be slow but i m beautiful my mama told me so 13 years and not much has changed you d think by now they d stop calling her names but she still fights the tears and walks on by cause she remembers her mamas words way back when they needed to be heard they give her strength to say to herself time goes on and so does mamas strength she says babe come here i ve got something to say your mamas not as young as she used to be and sometimes i don t know what daddy sees in me and her baby said you re beautiful you re beautiful you re beautiful i know you re beautiful you might be slow but you re beautiful your baby told you so