100, 000 I need a to get up before I my face The junkies, the Hookers, the dealers the kickin' off my trippin' off the fact I haven't called my gramma in a long, long time standin in the shower for half an hour Tryin' to wake up and I'm lookin for the reachin' for the towel with soap in my dryin' off my shoulders, my chest, and my The next I know the telephone rings I my own voice on the answering machine please leave a I'm glad ya called I listen for a voice but nothin' at all Man oh Man I gotta the blues and pay respect where is due all praises to GOD the one I to the one I can to when I'm feelin to the bone (chorus) Early in the before I wash my face a thousand miles is a lonely place At six in the morning she bed stared out the window and then she that I her type... I think runnin outa types though... and I told her so. She picked up her things and walked through the and then that she couldn't see me no more just as she was leaving I her if she'd call she didn't look back said at all I didn't change my clothes because they like you and I took a shower it reminded me of you I called Gramma for advice it to me once it happened to me twice Michael my son you really bugged I that you were here so I could to you give a hug she gave me a long, long talk she "you have the patience of ice on a sidewalk" when things get rough sweat it in life you just have to let it and sing out a song so that even a bad dream couldn't harm to the mind of a young battles formed from the candle light her voice is like a kiss on the forehead (chorus) Early in the morn before I my face The bedisstill warmbut there's an empty in the mornin beforeIwashmy face a thousand miles is a lonely place In the last thirty before I fall when I have said my and I have brushed my teeth This is the time when I am to think about all of the things I been tryin to forget The Bills, the phone, cleanin up my the cars, the traffic, the and the boom I remember the times with me and you and I my heart is shakin' up the room Gramma she would tell us about the days and she would tell us about when we were slaves in the livin' pianos outa tune on top of it the pictures of bride and groom child/ grand child lost every single tear every single smile 'cause everybodies got alota to deal with and doesn't stop it just makes ya feel it so shake the offa your feet take a forward liberate with the beat so for you I wrote this I you to hear it before you are gone. the African in me the in me are some a things my grandmother gave to me some there are and some believe there ain't if ever there was one my gramma she is a saint (chorus) Early in the morn I wash my face The bed isstill there'san empty space Earlyin themornin before I wash my a hundred thousand miles is a place