Ladies In My Life (Live Acoustic from the 2019 Greatest Hits Tour - Launceston TAS)

[Verse 1]
Five years old and I'm off to school
With Grandma right behind
I near the gate with my little bag
And I start to cry
She said, "I can't teach you what they will in school
So go ahead and learn
I'll see you at home, when the bell rings, son"
You know I still dream about her

[Verse 2]
My mother worked on the railroads
She did for sixteen years
That dining car was a testing ground
For plans and dreams and tears
She said, "I carried you in my body
And I carried you in my arms
And you rest assured for the rest of your life
I'll carry you in my heart"

[Chorus]
These ladies in my life
Have taught me so much
'Bout how to stand up proud and tall
And how to have a sеnsitive touch
From here on aftеr
Through happiness and strife
Well, I'll have so much owing to
The ladies in my life

[Verse 3]
I'm walking through my front door
And oh, what do I see?
There's a beautiful wife with a baby girl
Sittin' on her knee
Those little blue eyes light up like stars
When I walk into the room
When I tuck you in bed, my little girl
So you can dream about the moon

[Chorus]
These ladies in my life
Have taught me so much
'Bout how to stand up proud and tall
And how to have a sensitive touch
From here on after
Through happiness and strife
Well, I'll have so much owing to
The ladies in my life
Mm, the ladies in my life