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GARY ALLAN lyrics : "Don't Tell Mama"

I was headed north on Highway Five
On a star-lit Sunday night
When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control

As I watched in my headlights
He swerved left then back right
He never hit the brakes

As he left the road

I found him lying in the grass

Among the steel and glass
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
And through the blood and tears

He whispered in my ear
A few last words just before he died


Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin'

I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

I still think about that night

And how that young man died
And how others sometimes pay for our mistakes
The last thing on his mind

As he left this world behind
Was knowing someone else's heart would break


Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'
Lord knows her soul would never rest
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin'

I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'

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