Mother's Last Farewell Kiss - Loudon Wainwright III

I was sitting in a station one day

When I heard a splendid young lad say

I’ve no money for my fare but I’m longing to be there

And a letter from my sister tells me this

Mother’s dying, please come home at once

If you want a mother’s farewell kiss

Was my mother’s farewell kiss, I now remember

How I’d love to see her smiling face once more

With her hand upon my brow

I can feel her touch just now

It’s a memory of my mother’s farewell kiss

It’s a memory of my mother’s farewell kiss

As the train pulled in that day

From behind the lad a voice replied

Take this money, pay your fare

It’s enough to get you there

It’s a twenty dollar bill I’ll never miss

So the lad came safely home in time

To receive his mother’s farewell kiss

Was my mother’s farewell kiss, I now remember

How I’d love to see her smiling face once more

With her hand upon my brow

I can feel her touch just now

It’s a memory of my mother’s farewell kiss

It’s a memory of my mother’s farewell kiss