Can't you hear your momma talkin' She told you to hush your rattlin' tongue Sit down in your chair boy Eat your supper and leave your brother alone I was once just like you I was green and blue My mother told my father one day How much she had loved her life with him Then she rose up from her body And vanished in the blue and green of spring She was once just like me Now she's gone into the blue and green Blue and green Blue and green You ain't lived 'til you seen the blue and green You should've seen my grandmother She was tough and strong as any man But she was sweet and gentle when She held you like the lover she used to have He was gone Now so is she But they live on in the blue and green Blue and green Blue and green You ain't lived 'til you seen the blue and green Keep on growin' up so fast And life'll hit you hard as you can take Tell me all your troubles boy And I will try to take those troubles away You were once just like me We're all comin' from the blue and green Blue and green Blue and green You ain't lived 'til you seen the blue and green Can't you hear your momma talkin' She told you to hush your rattlin' tongue