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Mama Tried Lyrics

The song Mama Tried is performed by Merle Haggard in the album named 16 Biggest Hit (Eco) in the year 2009 .

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The first thing I remember knowing was a lonesome whistle blowing
And a young gun's dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leaving town, not knowing where I'm bound
No one could change my mind but Mama tried

One and only rebel child from the family, meek and mild
My mama seemed to know what lay in store
Despite all my Sunday learning towards the bad, I kept on turning
'Til mama couldn't hold me anymore

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, left my Mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Working hours without rest, wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused

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



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Merle Haggard - 16 Biggest Hit (Eco)

  1. Swinging Doors
  2. The Bottle Let Me Down
  3. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
  4. Branded Man
  5. Sing Me Back Home
  6. Mama Tried
  7. Hungry Eyes
  8. Workin' Man Blues
  9. Okie from Muskogee
  10. The Fightin' Side of Me
  11. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
  12. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
  13. Big City
  14. Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
  15. Going Where the Lonely Go
  16. Silver Wings