[00:05.91]The first I remember knowing
[00:08.21]Was that lonesome whistle blowing
[00:10.69]And a youngin's dream
[00:11.99]Of growing up to ride
[00:15.01]On a freight train leaving town
[00:17.35]Not knowing where I was bound
[00:19.89]No one could steer me right
[00:21.61]But mama tried
[00:24.02]Was the only rebel child
[00:26.33]From a family meek and mild
[00:28.93]Mama seemed to know
[00:30.61]What lay in store
[00:33.09]In spite of all my
[00:34.19]Sunday learning
[00:35.29]For the bad I kept on turning
[00:37.92]And mama couldn't hold me anymore
[00:41.86]And I turned twenty-one in prison
[00:44.38]Doing life without parole
[00:47.00]No one could steer me right
[00:48.96]But mama tried mama tried
[00:51.30]Mama tried to raise me better
[00:53.67]But her pleading I denied
[00:55.98]That leaves no one but me to blame
[00:58.08]Cause mama tried
[01:05.47]Dear old daddy rest his soul
[01:07.56]Left my mom a heavy load
[01:10.21]She tried so very hard
[01:11.79]To fill his shoes
[01:14.36]Working hours without rest
[01:16.58]Wanted me to have the best
[01:19.28]Oh she tried to raise me right
[01:20.93]But I refused
[01:23.17]And I turned twenty-one in prison
[01:25.71]Doing life without parole
[01:28.31]No one could steer me right
[01:30.29]But mama tried mama tried
[01:32.65]Mama tried to raise me better
[01:34.94]But her pleading I denied
[01:37.48]That leaves no one but me to blame
[01:39.45]Cause mama tried
[02:17.89]And I turned twenty-one in prison
[02:20.31]Doing life without parole
[02:23.01]No one could steer me right
[02:24.97]But mama tried mama tried
[02:27.31]Mama tried to raise me better
[02:29.66]But her pleading I denied
[02:32.09]That leaves no one but me to blame
[02:34.05]Cause mama tried
[02:36.63]That leaves no one but me to blame
[02:38.63]Cause mama tried