
Date of issue: 29.08.1989
Record label: Universal Music
Song language: English
Mama Tried |
First thing I remember knowin' |
Was a lonesome whistle blowin' |
And a young man’s dream of growin' up to ride |
On a freight train leavin' town |
Never knowin' where I’m bound |
No one could change my mind but Mama tried |
One and only rebel child |
From a family, meek and mild |
My Mama seemed to know what lay in store |
'Spite of all my Sunday learnin' |
To the bad, I kept a turnin' |
'Til Mama couldn’t hold me anymore |
I turned twenty-one in prison |
Doing life without parole |
No one could steer me right |
But Mama tried, Mama tried |
Mama tried to raise me better |
But her pleadings I denied |
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried |
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul |
Left my Mom a heavy load |
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes |
Workin' hours without rest |
Wanted me to have the best |
She tried to raise me right but I refused |
I turned twenty-one in prison |
Doin' life without parole |
No one could steer me right |
But Mama tried, Mama tried |
Mama tried to raise me better |
But her pleadings I denied |
That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried |
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