Mother No Longer Awaits Me-The Stanley Brothers

[ti:Mother No Longer Awaits Me] [ar:The Stanley Brothers] [al:Backup the Best of Stanley Brothers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mother No Longer Awaits Me - The Stanley Brothers [00:08.42]One night while the moon from heaven was shining [00:14.28] [00:16.02]My mother was praying for me to come home [00:21.63] [00:23.86]She asked her dear lord watch o'er me out yonder [00:29.28] [00:31.41]To send me back home to never more roam [00:36.91] [00:39.09]When I left my old home way back in the mountains [00:44.87] [00:46.77]I said I'd return with honor and fame [00:52.72] [00:54.37]But a young reckless heart turned wrong at the crossroads [01:00.46] [01:02.05]And now as I go home I bring mother shame [01:07.71] [01:25.14]When I got to the place where I spent my childhood [01:30.55] [01:32.51]The silvery moon was shining so bright [01:38.09] [01:40.23]When I asked my dear friends to tell me of mother [01:45.61] [01:47.78]They said she was called on to heaven last night [01:53.55] [01:55.59]She told them of how she was longing to see me [02:01.37] [02:03.12]How lonely her home since I went away [02:08.70] [02:10.90]Said darling repent and ask for forgiveness [02:16.69] [02:18.64]And meet mother there in heaven some day [02:24.14] [02:26.62]Mother has gone to live with the angels [02:32.19] [02:33.99]Her soul is at rest around the great throne [02:40.03] [02:41.73]Now I have no one left here to advise me [02:47.48] [02:49.55]For mother no longer awaits me at home