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[Verse 1]
              
The first thin

            
g I remember k

             
nowing was a l

              
onesome whistl

  
e blowin'
             
And a young un

              
's dream of gr

            
owin' up to ri

de
             
On a freight t

             
rain leavin' t

             
own, not knowi

             
n' where I'm b

ound
             
And no one cou

             
ld change my m

             
ind, but Mama 


tried

[Verse 2]
             
One and only r

             
ebel child, fr

             
om a family me

       
ek and mild
             
My Mama seemed

              
 to know what 

        
lay in store
             
'Spite of all 

             
my Sunday lear

              
nin', toward t

             
he bad I kept 

   
on turnin'
             
'Til Mama coul

            
dn't hold me a

  
nymore

[Chorus]
              
And I turned t

             
wenty-one in p

             
rison doin' li

              
fe without par


ole
            
No one could s

              
teer me right,

          
 but Mama trie

d, Mama tried
             
Mama tried to 

              
raise me bette

             
r, but her ple

           
ading I denied

,
              
that leaves on

            
ly me to blame

              
, 'cause Mama 


tried

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[Verse 3]
             
Dear old Daddy

             
, rest his sou

              
l, he left my 

            
mom a heavy lo

ad
             
She tried so v

              
ery hard to fi

       
ll his shoes
             
Workin' hours 

             
without rest, 

             
wanted me to h

        
ave the best
             
She tried to r

            
aise me right,

         
 but I refused

[Chorus]
              
And I turned t

             
wenty-one in p

             
rison doin' li

              
fe without par


ole
            
No one could s

              
teer me right,

          
 but Mama trie

d, Mama tried
             
Mama tried to 

              
raise me bette

             
r, but her ple

           
ading I denied

,
              
that leaves on

            
ly me to blame

              
, 'cause Mama 


tried

[Outro]
   
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