Story Behind The Song

The story was taken from a story about a firefighter who was caught in a fire and his wife heard it on the scanner, the couple had earlier lost a child and the wife prayed to the child to help get his father out of the blaze. Some how he got out. I rewro

Song Description

A story about a firefighter how is killed in a arsenist fire, the arsenist gets away but years later is caught in one of his own fires and the son of the firefighter who is now a firefighter himself saves is life.

Lyrics

Mama's Little Boy

JAMES AND ANNIE WERE MARRIED IN THE FALL
THE RECEPTION WAS AT THE 63RD FIRE HALL
JAMES GOT A JOB THERE THE YEAR BEFORE
WHILE ANNIE WAS A CASHIER AT THE GROCERY STORE

THREE YEARS LATER IN THE SPRING OF SEVENTY-ONE
ANNIE GAVE BIRTH TO THERE ONLY SON
THEY NAMED HIM MICHAEL JAMES DADDY?S PRIDE AND JOY
BUT HE WOULD ALWAYS BE MAMA?S LITTLE BOY

AND THERE?S A FIRE BURNING SOMEWHERE
DEEP WITHIN HER HEART
A LOVE SO STRONG NO ONE CAN DESTROY
SHE KNOWS SOMEDAY HE WILL GROW INTO A MAN
BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE MAMA?S LITTLE BOY

IT WAS A COLD NOVEMBER MORNING SHE CAN STILL RECALL
WHEN SHE GOT THE NEWS FROM THE 63RD FIRE HALL
A FIREMAN GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE SMOKE AND FLAMES
SHE SAID YOUR DADDY WAS A HERO LITTLE MICHAEL JAMES

NOW THE FIRE THAT TOOK HIS DADDY?S LIFE THAT DAY
WAS STARTED BY A MAN THAT THE COURTS LET GET AWAY
AS YOUNG AS HE WAS HE COULD UNDERSTAND
MAMA?S LITTLE BOY WOULD HAVE TO BE A MAN

AND THERE?S A FIRE BURNING SOMEWHERE
DEEP WITHIN HER HEART
A LOVE SO STRONG NO ONE CAN DESTROY
BUT TODAY SHE NEEDS FOR HIM TO HOLD HER TIGHT
AND FOR ONE MORE DAY BE MAMA?S LITTLE BOY

TWENTY YEARS LATER AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FOUR
HE GOT A JOB AT THE FIRE HALL LIKE HIS DADDY BEFORE
WHEN A CALL CAME IN OF A FIRE AT FOURTH AND AIMES
AND A MAN WAS SEEN CAUGHT IN THE SMOKE AND FLAMES
NOW THE 63RD WAS THE FIRST ON THE SEEN
AS HE ENTER THE BLAZE HE COULD SMELL THE GASOLINE
HE RECOGNIZED THE MAN WHO WAS NOW
LAYING ON THE FLOOR
AND HE SAVED THE LIFE WHO TOOK HIS
DADDY?S YEARS BEFORE

AND THERE?S A FIRE BURNING SOMEWHERE
DEEP WITHIN HER HEART
A LOVE SO STRONG NO ONE CAN DESTROY
SHE KNOWS TODAY HE HAS GROWN INTO A MAN
BUT HE WILL ALWAYS BE MAMA?S LITTLE BOY

YES HE WILL ALWAYS BE MAMA?S LITTLE BOY