Dont Tell Mama

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[Verse 1]

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I was headed north on highway 
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fire, on star lite Sunday night
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When a pickup truck frew by me, 
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out of control
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As I watched in my headlights, he 
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swerved left and then back right
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He never hit the brakes as he left
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 the road
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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 
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his side
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Through the blood and tears he 
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whsipered in my ear
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A few last words, just before he 
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died

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[Chorus]

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Don't tell Mama, I was drinking
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Lord knows, her soul would never 
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rest
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I can't lave this world with Mama 
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thinking
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I met the Lord with whiskey on my 
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breath

[Verse 2]

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I still think about that night, 
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and how that young man died
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And, how others sometimes pay for 
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our mistakes.
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The last thing on his mind, as he 
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left this world behind
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Was knowing someone else's heart 
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would break


[Chorus]

F                      Bb
Don't tell Mama, I was drinking
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Lord knows, her soul would never 
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rest
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I can't lave this world with Mama 
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thinking
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I met the Lord with whiskey on my 
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breath

[Other]

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He said, Don't tell mama I was 
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drinking