the sweetest gift (a mother's smile)

Singer:judds, the

one day a mother

come to a prison

to see an 'erring

but precious son

she told the warden

how much she loved him

it did not matter

what he had done

she did not bring to him

parole or pardon

she brought no silver

no pomp nor style

it was a halo

sent down from heaven

the sweetest gift

her boy had wandered

far from the far side

though she had pleaded

with him each night

but not a word did

she ever utter

that told her heartaches

her smile was bright

she left a smile

you can remember

she's gone to heaven

from heartache's free

them bars around you

will never change her

he was her baby

an error will be

it was a halo bright

sent down from heaven's light

the sweetest gift

a mother's smile