Cover Mama's Flowers Lyrics - Mel Tillis

It's been many years now since mom passed away 

But there's lots of sweet mem'ries that I have today 

And when I see autumn and leaves turning brown 

I feel like mama is somewhere around 

Don't forget to cover my flowers I still hear my sweet mother say 

Be sure to cover my flowers or my flowers will wither away 

Yes I remember though it's been so long 

My heart feels so heavy and life seems so wrong 

I'd give all my treasures and things I might own 

To go back to mama's old country home 

Don't forget to cover... 

[ fiddle - steel ] 

As I wait in this jungle in this foreign land of people so indifferent to God and to men 

It's kill or be killed and I wonder today 

If the ones that I'm fighting thinks of mama this way 

Don't forget to cover... 

Be sure to cover my flowers or my flowers will wither away