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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 gun'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 |
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But mama tried |
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One and only rebel child- |
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from the 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- |
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doing life without parole |
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No one could steer me right |
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But mama tried, mama tried |
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Mama tried to raise me better |
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But her pleading, I denied |
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That leaves only me to blame |
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'Cause mama tried |
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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 |
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But I refused |
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And I turned twenty-one in prison- |
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doing life without parole |
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No one could steer me right |
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But mama tried, mama tried |
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Mama tried to raise me better |
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But her pleading, I denied |
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That leaves only me to blame |
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'Cause mama tried |
