[ti:Mama Tried]
[ar:Willie Nelson]
[00:00.85]Mama Tried - Willie Nelson
[00:12.48]The first thing I remember
[00:13.91]Knowin was a
[00:15.29]Lonesome whistle blowin
[00:16.79]And a younguns dream
[00:18.41]Of growin up to ride
[00:21.91]On a freight train leavin town
[00:23.73]Not knowin where Im bound
[00:26.42]No one could change
[00:27.92]My mind but mama tried
[00:31.17]One and only rebel child
[00:33.47]From a family meek and mild
[00:35.73]My mama seemed to to
[00:37.73]Know what lay in store
[00:39.73]Spite all my Sunday learnin
[00:42.17]Towards the bad
[00:43.85]I kept on turnin
[00:45.48]Til mama couldn't
[00:46.66]Hold me anymore
[00:49.85]I turned twenty-one in prison
[00:52.41]Doin life without parole
[00:54.85]No one could steer me right
[00:56.86]But mama tried mama tried
[00:59.22]Mama tried to raise me better
[01:01.54]But her pleading I denied
[01:04.17]That leaves only me to blame
[01:06.04]'Cause mama tried
[01:16.54]Dear ole daddy rest his
[01:40.04]Soul left my mom a heavy load
[01:41.79]She tried so very hard
[01:43.67]To feel his shoes
[01:46.48]Workin hours without rest
[01:48.36]Wanted me to have the best
[01:50.86]She tried to raise me
[01:52.86]Right but I refused
[01:55.79]I turned twenty-one in prison
[01:57.92]Doin life without parole
[02:00.54]No one could steer me right
[02:02.67]But mama tried mama tried
[02:05.17]Mama tried to raise me better
[02:07.23]But her pleading I denied
[02:09.92]And that leaves only me to blame
[02:11.98]'Cause mama tried