Only Mama Knows

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Well I was found in the transit 
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lounge of a dirty airport town
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What was I doing on the road to 
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ruin, where my mama laid me down?
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My mama laid me down

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Round my hand was a plastic band 
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with a picture of my face
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I was crying, left to die in this 
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godforsaken place
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This godforsaken place

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Only mama knows
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Why she laid me down in this 
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godforsaken town
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She was running too
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What she ran from who I always 
wondered
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I never knew

Only mama knows

Only mama knows

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I'm passing through, I'm on my way
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On the road, no ETA
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I'm passing through, no fixed 
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abode
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And that is why

I need to try

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To hold on (to hold on)

Got to hold on

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Was it planned as a one-night 
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stand, or did she leave in disgrace?
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Well I never, will I ever see my
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 father's face?
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See my father's face

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Only mama knows
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Why she laid me down in this 
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godforsaken town
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She was running too
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What she ran from who I always 
wondered
Em7
I never knew

Only mama knows

Only mama knows

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Only mama knows
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Why she laid me down in this 
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godforsaken town
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She was running too
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What she ran from who I always 
wondered
Em7
I never knew

Only mama knows

Only mama knows

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I've got to hold on

Got to hold on

Gotta hold on

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