REBA MCENTIRE lyrics - Mama Tried

(Merle Haggard)



First thing I remember knowin'

Was a lonesome whistle blowin'

And a young one's dream of growin' up to ride

On a freight train leavin' town

Not knowin' where I'm bound

No one could steer me right

But Mama tried



One and only rebel child

From a family meek and mild

My mama seemed to know what lay in store

In spite of all my Sunday learnin'

Toward the bad I kept on turnin'

Till mama couldn't hold me anymore



And 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 pleading I denied

And that leaves only me to blame

'Cause Mama tried