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Mama Tried
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Reba McEntire
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(Merle Haggard)
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First thing I remember knowin'
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Was a lonesome whistle blowin'
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And a young one's dream of growin' up to ride
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On a freight train leavin' town
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Not knowin' where I'm bound
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No one could steer me right
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But Mama tried
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One and only rebel child
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From a family meek and mild
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My mama seemed to know what lay in store
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In spite of all my Sunday learnin'
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Toward the bad I kept on turnin'
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Till mama couldn't hold me anymore
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And I turned twenty-one in prison
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Doin' life without parole
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No one could steer me right
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But Mama tried Mama tried
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Mama tried to raise me better
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But her pleading I denied
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And that leaves only me to blame
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'Cause Mama tried
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And then there was another man from Texas.
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My mama and daddy used to drive for
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miles and miles just to listen to him sing.
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I remember Mama used to tell me.
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She'd say "Reba he's got the best voice I've ever heard"
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and then later on when I got to go and listen to him sing,
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I'd sit there all night long and wait for
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Ray Price to sing the blues.
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