Marty Robbins - Mother Knows Best lyrics

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I left my home town<br />

Turned a good woman down<br />

Even laughed at my own Mother's plea<br />

I pushed her aside<br />

Even laughed when she cried<br />

Now I'm here in this penitentary<br />

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Now Mother knows best<br />

Her love has stood the test<br />

The records will prove it, you see<br />

But youth's full of fire<br />

Challenge and desire<br />

Now I'm here in this penitentary<br />

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I fell in you see with bad company<br />

And I started in gamblin' for fun<br />

One night when the cards<br />

Had been dealt and I'd lost<br />

I backed up my play with a gun<br />

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Now Mother knows best<br />

Her love has stood the test<br />

The records will prove it, you see<br />

I shot and I killed<br />

For a twenty dollar bill<br />

Now I'm here in this penitentary