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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. 20 [live] (2000)
         Title Rating
01   Bertha lyrics   -
02   New Minglewood Blues lyrics   -
03    Ramble on Rose lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Cassidy lyrics   -
05    Brown-Eyed Woman lyrics Add lyrics   -
06   Mama Tried lyrics   -
07   Peggy-O lyrics   -
08   Loser lyrics   -
09   Let It Grow lyrics   -
10   Sugaree lyrics   -
11   Lazy Lightnin' lyrics   -
12   Supplication lyrics   -
13    Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo lyrics Add lyrics   -
14   Dancing in the Streets lyrics   -
15   Cosmic Charlie lyrics   -
16   Scarlet Begonias lyrics   -
17    St. Stephen lyrics Add lyrics   -
18   Not Fade Away lyrics   -
19    Drums lyrics Add lyrics   -
20    Jam lyrics Add lyrics   -
21    St. Stephen lyrics Add lyrics   -
22   Sugar Magnolia lyrics   -
23   Cold Rain and Snow lyrics   -
24   Big River lyrics   -
25   Cassidy lyrics   -
26   Tennessee Jed lyrics   -
27   New Minglewood Blues lyrics   -
28    Candy Man lyrics Add lyrics   -
29    It's All Over Now lyrics Add lyrics   -
30    Friend of the Devil lyrics Add lyrics   -
31   Let It Grow lyrics   -
32    Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad lyrics Add lyrics   -
33    Playing in the Band lyrics Add lyrics   -
34   The Wheel lyrics   -
35   Samson and Delilah lyrics   -
36    Jam lyrics Add lyrics   -
37    Comes a Time lyrics Add lyrics   -
38    Drums lyrics Add lyrics   -
39    Eyes of the World lyrics Add lyrics   -
40    Orange Tango Jam lyrics Add lyrics   -
41   Dancing in the Streets lyrics   -
42    Playing in the Band lyrics Add lyrics   -
43    Johnny B. Goode lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

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