Standard (EADGBE)

Down by the lake of Mississippi

 A boy was born poor and abandoned

 And as he walk you could hear him yearning

 For a home and he prays

 And by the fields he sang for rising

 All for his faith and memorizing

 All of the songs his mother learned

 From the lord himself

Chorus

Heaven light a way for a fallen

Let me ease the pain from my mother

 But he feels the deception in his head

Another day was born and rising

 And on the stool the boy was trying

 To earn a coin for his mother, and hoping

 That freedom will lead her away

 Dear little friend

I've heard your story

 Please take my hand and I'll promise

 We'll find a way and we'll be fighting

 For your mother, and her wings

Heaven light a way for a fallen

Let me ease the pain from my mother

But he feels the deception in his head

Heaven light a way for another

Let me ease the pain for a fallen

We are on our way so much stronger

Heaven light the way for another

 And he feels no deception in his head