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[Verse 1]
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I was headed north on highway fire, on star lite Sunday night
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When a pickup truck frew by me, out of control
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As I watched in my headlights, he swerved left and then back right
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He never hit the brakes as he left the road
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I found him lying in the grass, among the steel and glass
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With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
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Through the blood and tears he whsipered in my ear
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A few last words, just before he died
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Don't tell Mama, I was drinking
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Lord knows, her soul would never rest
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I can't lave this world with Mama thinking
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I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
[Verse 2]
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I still think about that night, and how that young man died
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And, how others sometimes pay for our mistakes.
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The last thing on his mind, as he left this world behind
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Was knowing someone else's heart would break
[Chorus]
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Don't tell Mama, I was drinking
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Lord knows, her soul would never rest
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I can't lave this world with Mama thinking
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I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
[Outro]
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He said, Don't tell mama I was drinking
