Falls from her eyes
into the valley
down to the ocean
up to the skies
falls in the rain
onto her shoulder
mama’s crying again
she says it’s for the beauty
she says it’s for the men
she says it’s for sad wind in chains
she says, out of tears comes laughter
well, oh boy
mama’s crying again
and all the love in heaven
can be counted in her arms
like all of the leaves
up in all of the trees
nothing’s to blame
it’s just that the whole world is watching
and mama’s crying again
like the sound of the swallows
the colors of the dawn
like the lines in the pattern
of the dress that she has on
like the seasons change
not always for the better
mama’s crying again