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Mama Tried
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Randy Travis
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Album: A Tribute to Tradition
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Randy Travis & Merle Haggard
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The first thing I remember knowing,
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Was a lonesome whistle blowing,
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And a young un's dream of growing up to ride;
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On a freight train leaving town,
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Not knowing where I'm bound,
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No-one could change my mind 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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Despite all my Sunday learning,
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Towards the bad, I kept on turning.
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'Til Mama couldn't hold me anymore.
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And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
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No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
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Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied.
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That leaves only me to blame cause Mama tried.
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--- Instrumental ---
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Dear old Daddy, rest his soul,
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Left my Mom a heavy load;
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She tried so very hard to fill his shoes.
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Working hours without rest,
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Wanted me to have the best.
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She tried to raise me right but I refused.
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And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
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No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
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Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied.
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That leaves only me to blame cause Mama tried...
Mama Tried (Remastered 2001)
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