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Dont Tell Mamma Tab

by Gary Allan


                                                                            

I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ When a pick-up 
truck
                                                                            
                   
flew by me out of control/ As I watched in my headlights/ He swerved left 
then back
                                                          
right/ He never hit the brakes as he left the road/ I found him lying in the 
grass/
                                                                            
                             
 Among the steel and glass/ With an empty whiskey bottle by his side/ And 
through
                                                                            
                           
the blood and tears/ He whisperd in my ear/ A few last words just before he 
died/

chorus

NC                                                                          
                   
Don't Tell Mamma I was drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I 
can't leave
                                                                           
                
this world with Mamma thinkin' / I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath

                                                                           
   
I still think about that night/ and how that young man died/ And how others 
somtimes
                                                                           
                        
 pay for our mistakes/ The last thing on his mind/ As he left this world 
behind/ Was
                                                    
knowing someone elses heart would break/   (repeat chorus)