| Song | Tennessee Women's Prison |
| Artist | Wanda Jackson |
| Album | Country Keepsakes |
| 作词 : Hellard, Paxton | |
| Mama said that thirteen was too young to think my lips | |
| And too young to run with me and twice my years | |
| But when you're young and yearn to be a woman what does your mother know | |
| I couldn't understand her hangups and her fears | |
| A year went by and | |
| I got tired of mama's foolish advice | |
| At fourteen | |
| I was sure | |
| I knew it all | |
| It wasn't like it was at home out on the streets so long | |
| Me I lived outside the law | |
| Now I'm livin' in the cold grey world hear me cryin' in the night | |
| Missin' even mom and dad and a man to hold me tight | |
| I should've listened to my mama and seen the visdom in her eyes | |
| And the Tennessee women's prison wouldn't be my mama tonight | |
| If I ever get out of this nasty cell | |
| I'll never be back again | |
| Cause mama has sure got smarter every day since | |
| I've been in | |
| I gonna follow the straight and narrow if | |
| I can just get my parole | |
| And the Tennessee women's prison won't own my soul | |
| Cause I'm livin' in the cold grey world... | |
| And this Tennessee women's prison wouldn't be my mama tonight |
| zuò cí : Hellard, Paxton | |
| Mama said that thirteen was too young to think my lips | |
| And too young to run with me and twice my years | |
| But when you' re young and yearn to be a woman what does your mother know | |
| I couldn' t understand her hangups and her fears | |
| A year went by and | |
| I got tired of mama' s foolish advice | |
| At fourteen | |
| I was sure | |
| I knew it all | |
| It wasn' t like it was at home out on the streets so long | |
| Me I lived outside the law | |
| Now I' m livin' in the cold grey world hear me cryin' in the night | |
| Missin' even mom and dad and a man to hold me tight | |
| I should' ve listened to my mama and seen the visdom in her eyes | |
| And the Tennessee women' s prison wouldn' t be my mama tonight | |
| If I ever get out of this nasty cell | |
| I' ll never be back again | |
| Cause mama has sure got smarter every day since | |
| I' ve been in | |
| I gonna follow the straight and narrow if | |
| I can just get my parole | |
| And the Tennessee women' s prison won' t own my soul | |
| Cause I' m livin' in the cold grey world... | |
| And this Tennessee women' s prison wouldn' t be my mama tonight |