Room for One More

Mama, you said just the six of us Nothing too fancy this year Well, there's a few more cars than you planned on And your sister flew in to be here We're using the plates that don't match now The ones you said never to throw You thought that we came for your cooking There's something we want you to know

You always made room for one more Pulled up a chair, opened the door Put another potato in the pot Gave a little more of what you got Sixty candles, let them shine Thank the Lord you're here in our lives All the love you gave is coming home Mama, you won't have to count them all There's always room for one more

You prayed in the car before my exams Then said, did you study as well? You kept a spare key for the boy down the street When things weren't too good at his house Denise, you don't call it a ministry You just say somebody should eat But we learned a whole lot of Jesus With our elbows right here on this table

You always made room for one more Pulled up a chair, opened the door Put another potato in the pot Gave a little more of what you got Sixty candles, let them shine Thank the Lord you're here in our lives All the love you gave is coming home Mama, you won't have to count them all There's always room for one more

Now put down that dish towel Your work here is done Let somebody spoil you Come dance with your son You look at the doorway And laugh through a tear The boy with the spare key Has brought his own children here

There's always been room for one more Pull up a chair, open the door All these lives that your love has touched We're thanking God, we're making a fuss Sixty candles, let them shine So much living still ahead in your life All the love you gave is coming home Mama, you won't have to count them all There's always room for one more

Happy birthday, Mama We saved you the best seat of all