I've thought about you and the way you must have felt. The bitterness of the hand that you were dealt. How your a long ways from your Bethlehem. And you long for the touch of your husband Elimelech, you'll never forget.
Later on your two sons had taken wives The bitterness you'd taste again for they lost their lives Then your heart was longing for the reasons why And painful tears where falling from your eyes Like winters skies, all mothers fear
So all was gone except the wife of one son Then you returned to the land where you were from Where the curse was lifted and the town all came To see you, a woman in all her pain, you changed your name
Mara naomi, the bitter one Mara naomi, oh your beautiful There is a plan
In harvest time came a man from your husbands line A noble son, worthy one, generous and kind How your heart was racing for the widowed girl And your only hope is that he would change her world And take the girl, in his arms
Alas they wed as it's said they have a son Given to you how its true its just begun For the child you hold leads to the King of Kings Redemption, peace and hope he brings Of whom heaven sings You were more than you knew