 Mama tried lyrics ( Old 97`s )   
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Artist : Old 97`s
Song : Mama tried
Merle Haggard, Bluebook Music (BMI)
First thing I remember knowin` was a lonesome
whistle blowin`
And a young-on`s dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town, not knowing
where I`m bound
And no one could change my mind, but Mama tried
One and only rebel child, from a family meek and
mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
`Spite of all my Sunday learnin`, toward the bad
I kept on turnin`
`Til Mama couldn`t hold me anymore
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And 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 pleading I
denied,
That leaves only me to blame, `cause Mama tried
Dear old Daddy rest his soul, he left my mom a
heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest, she wanted me to have
the best
She tried to raise me right, but I refused
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