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Composer: Merle Haggard

Grateful Dead - Mama Tried lyrics



The first I remember knowin' was that lonesome whistle blowin'
And a youngin's dream of growin' up to ride.
On a freight train leavin' town, not knowin' where I was bound
No one could steer me right, but mama tried.

Was the only rebel child from a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
In spite of all my Sunday learnin'
For the bad I kept on turnin' and mama couldn't hold me anymore.

And I turned 21 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 pleadin' I denied
That leaves no one but me to blame cause mama tried.

Dear old daddy rest his soul, left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Workin' hours without rest, wanted me to have the best
Oh she tried to raise me right, but I refused.

And I turned 21 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 pleadin' I denied
That leaves no one but me to blame cause mama tried
Songs list of album: Dick's Picks, Vol. 35 [live] (2005)
         Title Rating
01   Big Railroad Blues lyrics   -
02   El Paso lyrics   -
03   Mr. Charlie lyrics   -
04   Sugaree lyrics   -
05   Mama Tried lyrics   -
06   Bertha lyrics   -
07   Big Boss Man lyrics   -
08   Promised Land lyrics   -
09   Hard to Handle lyrics   -
10   Cumberland Blues lyrics   -
11   Casey Jones lyrics   -
12   Truckin' lyrics   -
13   China Cat Sunflower lyrics   -
14   I Know You Rider lyrics   -
15   Next Time You See Me lyrics   -
16   Sugar Magnolia lyrics   -
17   Sing Me Back Home lyrics   -
18    Me & My Uncle lyrics Add lyrics   -
19   Not Fade Away lyrics   -
20    Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad lyrics Add lyrics   -
21    Jam lyrics Add lyrics   -
22    Johnny B. Goode lyrics Add lyrics   -
23   Uncle John's Band lyrics   -
24    Playing in the Band lyrics Add lyrics   -
25   Loser lyrics   -
26    It Hurts Me Too lyrics Add lyrics   -
27   Cumberland Blues lyrics   -
28   Empty Pages lyrics   -
29    Beat It on Down the Line lyrics Add lyrics   -
30    Brown-Eyed Woman lyrics Add lyrics   -
31    St. Stephen lyrics Add lyrics   -
32   Not Fade Away lyrics   -
33    Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad lyrics Add lyrics   -
34   Not Fade Away lyrics   -
35    Me and Bobbie McGee lyrics Add lyrics   -
36   Big Boss Man lyrics   -
37   Brokedown Palace lyrics   -
38   Good Lovin' lyrics   -
39    The Other One lyrics Add lyrics   -
40    Me & My Uncle lyrics Add lyrics   -
41    The Other One lyrics Add lyrics   -
42   Deal lyrics   -
43   Sugar Magnolia lyrics   -
44   Morning Dew lyrics   -
45    Turn on Your Lovelight lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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