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I was headed north on highway five
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on a star-lit Sunday night
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When a pick-up truck flew by me out of controL
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As I watched in my headlights
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He swerved left then back right
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He never hit the brakes as he left the road
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I found him lying in the grass
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Among the steel and glass
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With an empty whiskey bottle by his side
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And through The blood and tears
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He whispered in my ear
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A few last words just before he died
Chorus
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Don't Tell Mamma I was drinkin'
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Lord knows her soul would never rest
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I can't leave this world with Mamma thinkin'
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I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath
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I still think about that nighT
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and how that young man died
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And how others somtimes pay for our mistakes
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The last thing on his mind
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As he left this world behind
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Was knowing someone elses heart would break
(repeat chorus)
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Dont Tell mama I was Drinkin
