Mama Tried - The Everly Brothers
Mama Tried:The Everly Brothers.
Album - Roots - on WARNER Records
in 1968.
INTRO:
#1.
The first thin
g I remember k
nowin' was a
lonesome whist
le blowin' and
a young'un's
dream of growi
ng up to ride.
On a freight t
rain leavin' t
own not knowin
'
where I'm boun
d and no one c
ould change my
mind but Mama
tried.
#2.
One and only r
ebel child fro
m a family mee
k
and mild, my M
ama seemed to
know what lay
in store.
In spite of al
l my Sunday le
arnin', toward
s
the bad I kept
a-turnin', ti
l Mama couldn'
t
hold me anymor
e.
CHORUS:
And I turned t
wenty-one in p
rison doing li
fe
without parole
.
No one could s
teer me right
but Mama tried
,
Mama tried.
Mama tried to
raise me bette
r but her plea
ding
I denied.
That leaves on
ly me to blame
, 'cause Mama
tried.
#3.
Dear old Daddy
, rest his sou
l, left my Mom
a
heavy load.
She tried so v
ery hard to fi
ll his shoes.
Working 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 doing li
fe
without parole
.
No one could s
teer me right
but Mama tried
,
Mama tried.
Mama tried to
raise me bette
r but her plea
ding
I denied.
That leaves on
ly me to blame
, 'cause Mama
tried.
OUTRO: E
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.