Papa Loved Mama

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Papa drove a truck nearly all his 
life
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You know it drove mama crazy being a
 trucker's wife
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The part she couldn't handle was the
 being alone
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I guess she needed more to hold 
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than just a telephone
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Papa called mama each & every 
night
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Just to ask her how she was & if
 us kids were alright
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Mama would wait for that call to 
come in
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But when daddy'd hang up she was 
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gone again


[Chorus 1]
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Mama was a looker, Lord how she 
shined
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Papa was a good'n but the jealous 
kind
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Papa loved mama, mama loved men
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Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in
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 the pen

[Verse 2]
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Well, it was bound to happen & 
one night it did
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Papa came home & it was just us 
kids
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He had a dozen roses & a bottle 
of wine
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If he was looking to surprise us he
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 was doing fine
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I heard him cry for mama up & 
down the hall
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Then I heard a bottle break against 
the bedroom wall
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That old diesel engine made an eerie
 sound
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When papa fired it up & headed
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 into town

[Chorus 2]
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Well, the picture in the paper 
showed the scene real well
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Papa's rig was buried in the local 
Motel
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The desk clerk said he saw it all 
real clear
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He never hit the brakes & he 
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was shifting gears

[Chorus 1]
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Mama was a looker, Lord how she 
shined
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Papa was a good'n but the jealous 
kind
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Papa loved mama, mama loved men
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Mama's in the graveyard, papa's in
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 the pen

[Other]
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Mama's in the graveyard, papa's 
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in the pen