Warren Zevon - Mama Couldn't Be Pursuaded Lyrics

Lyrics Mama Couldn't Be Pursuaded - Warren Zevon



Gambler ambled down a country lane
Looking for a game of chance
She was twenty-one or two
And she knew what she wanted
And she wanted that gamblin' man
Her parents warned her
Tried to reason with her
She was determined that she wanted Bill
They'd all be offended at the mention still
If they heard this song, which I doubt they will
And my mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with their daughter
Don't marry that gamblin' man
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with their daughter
Don't marry that gamblin' man
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
No, no nevertheless
I said my mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
"Daughter, don't marry that gamblin' man."
Gambler tried to be a family man
Though it didn't suit his style
He thought he had him a winning combination
So he took us where the stakes were high
Her parents warned her
Tried to reason with her
Never kept their disappointment hid
They all went to pieces when the bad luck hit
Stuck in the middle, I was the kid
And my mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with their daughter
Don't marry that gamblin' man
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with their daughter
Don't marry that gamblin' man
Mama couldn't be persuaded
When they pleaded with her
No, no, nevertheless
My Mama couldn't be persuaded
When my Granny pleaded with her
Not to marry that gamblin' man
I said my mama couldn't be persuaded



Writer(s): Warren Zevon


Warren Zevon - Original Album Series

1 Lawyers, Guns and Money
2 Frank And Jesse James
3 Mama Couldn't Be Pursuaded
4 Backs Turned Looking Down The Path
5 Hasten Down The Wind
6 Poor Poor Pitiful Me
7 The French Inhaler
8 Mohammed's Radio
9 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
10 Carmelita
11 Join Me In L.A.
12 Desperados Under The Eaves
13 Johnny Strikes Up The Band
14 Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
15 Excitable Boy
16 Werewolves of London
17 Accidentally Like a Martyr
18 Night Time In The Switching Yard
19 Veracruz
20 Tenderness On The Block
21 Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School
22 A Certain Girl
23 Jungle Work
24 Empty Handed Heart
25 Interlude No.1/No.2
26 Play It All Night Long
27 Jeannie Needs A Shooter
28 Bill Lee
29 Gorilla, You're A Desperado
30 Bed Of Coals
31 Wild Age
32 Stand In The Fire
33 The Sin
34 Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger
35 The Envoy
36 The Overdraft
37 The Hula Hula Boys
38 Jesus Mentioned
39 Let Nothing Come Between You
40 Ain't That Pretty At All
41 Charlie's Medicine
42 Looking For The Next Best Thing
43 Never Too Late For Love




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