Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mother, the Queen of My Heart, artist - Arlo Guthrie. Album song Together in Concert, in the genre
Date of issue: 29.09.1975
Record label: Rising Son, Warner Bros
Song language: English
Mother, the Queen of My Heart |
I had a home down in Texas |
Down where the bluebonnets grew |
I had the kindest old mother |
How happy we were, just we two |
Then one day the angels called her |
Said they, we’d all have to pay |
She called me close to her bedside |
These last few words to say |
Son, don’t start drinkin' and gamblin' |
Promise you’ll always go straight |
Ten years have passed since that parting |
That promise I broke by mistake |
I started in gambling for pastime |
At last I was just like them all |
I bet my clothes and my money |
Not dreaming that I’d ever fall |
One night I bet all my money |
Nothing was left to be seen |
And all that I needed to beat them |
Was one card, and that was the queen |
The cards were dealt all round the table |
Each one took a card in the draw |
And I drew the one that would beat them |
I turned it and here’s what I saw |
I saw my mother’s picture |
And somehow she seemed to say |
«Son, you have broken your promise» |
So I tossed the cards all away |
The winnings I gave to the newsboy |
I knew I was wrong from the start |
And I’ll never forget my promise |
To my mother, the queen of my heart |