– – dont tell mama – – gary allan

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i was headed north on highway five
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on a star – lit sunday night
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when a pick – up truck flew by me
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out of control

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as i watched in my headlights
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he swerved left then back right
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he never hit the brakes
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as he left 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
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by his side

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and through the blood and tears
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he whispered in my ear
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a few last words
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just before he died

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don’t tell mama i was drinkin’
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lord knows her soul would never rest
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i can’t leave this world with mama thinkin’
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i met the lord with whiskey on my breath

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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
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for our mistakes

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the last thing on his mind
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as he left this world behind
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was knowing someone else’s
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heart would break

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don’t tell mama i was drinkin’
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lord knows her soul would never rest
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i can’t leave this world with mama thinkin’
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i met the lord with whiskey on my breath

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don’t tell mama i was drinkin’