She got old and tired from all of the children that she raised

None of them were perfect and she even knew that some of them weren't saved

She told 'um on the day she died, one thing that I think you all should know

I'm not really dy'n I'm just go'in home

Chorus: She said, I'm goin' to a better place the Lord has promised me he'd prepare

It's a place where I won't be lonesome, 'cause the Lord told me that we got family there

No more wait'in on the U.S. mail or sitt'in by a lonely telephone

She said now I'm not dy'n, I'm just go'in home

Well she closed her eyes and went to sleep, I don't think that she ever really knew

If anyone had heard a word she said, but I think there was a few

Even though she left this world, somehow I don't feel like I'm alone

'Cause she said son I'm not dy'n, I'm just go'in home

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