Dont Tell Mama I Was Drinking

	  		
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Verse: 
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I was headed north on Highway 5 
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On a starlit Sunday night 
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When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control 

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As I watched in my headlights, 
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He swerved left  

And then back right 

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Never hit the brakes  
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As he left the road 


Verse: 
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I found him lying in the grass  
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Among the steel and glass 
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With an empty whiskey bottle by his side 

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And through the blood and tears,  
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He whispered in my ear 
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A few last words  
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Just before he died 


And he said,  
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"Don't tell mama I was drinking 
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Cause Lord knows  
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That her soul would never rest 

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And I can't leave this world  
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With my mama thinking 

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That I met the Lord  
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With whiskey on my breath" 



Verse: 
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I still think about that night 
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And how that young man died 
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How others sometimes pay  
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For our mistakes 

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Well the last thing on his mind 
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As he left this world behind 
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Was knowing someone else's heart would break 


And he says  
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"Don't tell mama I was drinking 
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Cause Lord knows  
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That her soul would never rest 

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No, I can't leave this world  
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With my mama thinking 

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That I met the Lord  
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With whiskey on my breath" 

Woho woh woh 



Instrumental/Solo: 
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    Yeah yeah ah ah 
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Oh oh    woh woh 


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"Don't tell mama I was drinking 
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Cause Lord knows  
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That her soul would never rest 

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No, I can't leave this world  
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With my mama thinking no 

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That I met the Lord  
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With whiskey on my breath 

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That I met the Lord  
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With whiskey on my breath"