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mama tried (2025) - willie nelson lyrics

[verse 1]
the first thing i remember knowin’
was a lonesome whistle blowin’
and a young’n’s dream of growing up to ride
on a freight train leaving town
not knowing where i’m bound
and no one could change my mind, but mama tried

[verse 2]
a one and only rebel child from a family meek and mild
my mama seemed to know what lay in store
despite all my sunday learnin’
towards the bad i kept on turnin’
’til mama couldn’t hold me anymore

[chorus]
i turned twenty*one in prison, doing life without parole
no one could steer me right, but mama tried, mama tried
mama tried to raise me better, but hеr pleading i denied
that lеaves only me to blame, ’cause mama tried

[verse 3]
dear old daddy, rest his soul
left my mom a heavy load
she tried so very hard to fill his shoes
working hours without rest
wanted me to have the best
she tried to raise me right, but i refused
[chorus]
and i turned twenty*one in prison, doing 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
that leaves only me to blame, ’cause mama tried

- willie nelson lyrics

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