Mama Tried - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

作词：Merle Haggard

作曲：Merle Haggard

First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome

whistle blowin'

And a young'uns dream of growin' up to ride

On a freight train leavin' town not knowin'

where I'm bound

No one change my mind but Mama tried

One and only rebel child from a family meek

and mild

My Mama seemed to know what lay in store

Spite of all my Sunday learnin' toward the bad

I kept on turnin'

Till Mama couldn't hold me anymore

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

That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama

tried

Dear old Daddy rest his soul left my Mama

a heavy load

She tried so very hard to fill his shoes

Workin' hours without rest wanted me to

have the best

She tried to raise me right but I refused

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

That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried