Joan Baez - Mama Tried Lyrics

Lyrics Mama Tried - Joan Baez



The first thing I remember knowing,
Was a lonesome whistle blowing,
And a young un's dream of growing up to ride;
On a freight train leaving town,
Not knowing where I'm bound,
No-one could change my mind but Mama tried.
One and only rebel child,
From a family, meek and mild:
My Mama seemed to know what lay in store.
Despite all my Sunday learning,
Towards the bad, I kept on turning.
'Til Mama couldn't hold me anymore.
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied.
That leaves only me to blame 'cos Mama tried.
Instrumental break.
Dear old Daddy, rest his soul,
Left my Mom a heavy load;
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes.
Working hours without rest,
Wanted me to have the best.
She tried to raise me right but I refused.
And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied.
That leaves only me to blame 'cos Mama tried.



Writer(s): Merle Haggard


Joan Baez - Rare, Live & Classic
Album Rare, Live & Classic
date of release
01-01-2006

1 Wagoner's Lad
2 John Hardy
3 Jimmy Brown
4 Go 'Way from My Window
5 We Shall Overcome (Live)
6 Geordie
7 Colours (Live)
8 Here's to You
9 Donna Donna ( Live)
10 Legend of a Girl Child Linda
11 Mama, You Been On My Mind
12 A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall (Live)
13 Scarlet Ribbons
14 Careless Love
15 Auctioneer
16 Black Is The Color
17 We Are Crossing Jordan River
18 Silver Dagger - Live
19 Low Down Chariot
20 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream - Live
21 What Have They Done To The Rain - Live
22 Troubled and I Don't Know Why
23 With God On Our Side - Live
24 The River In the Pines
25 Pack Up Your Sorrows
26 The Swallow Song
27 Children Of Darkness
28 Catch the Wind
29 I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Duet with Mimi Farina)
30 Sweet Sir Galahad - Live
31 Long Black Veil (Live)
32 Mama Tried
33 Sing Me Back Home
34 Joe Hill - Live
35 Blessed Are
36 Hello in There
37 In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin)
38 Angel Band
39 Children And All That Jazz
40 Blowin' In The Wind - Live
41 Honest Lullaby
42 Jackaroe - Live
43 Marriott USA
44 Forever Young
45 Farewell, Angelina (Live)
46 Blues Improv
47 Ring Them Bells
48 El Preso Numero Nueve - Live
49 Speaking Of Dreams




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