Mama Tried (Merle Haggard)

Every Time Played

Date	Location	Set	Before	After	Gap
2/11/2007	Las Vegas, NV (House of Blues)	SI	She Belongs to Me	Crazy Fingers	718
3/8/2007	New York, NY (Beacon Theatre)	SI	The Music Never Stopped	Baby Blue	10
3/22/2007	Athens, GA (Classic Center)	SI	Feel Like a Stranger	Dark Star	10
7/14/2007	Charlottesville, VA (Charlottesville Pavilion)	SI	Easy Answers	Senor	12
8/15/2007	Burgettstown, PA (Star Lake Amphitheatre)	*	The Music Never Stopped	Baby Blue	13
10/27/2007	Hampton Beach, NH (Casino Ballroom)	SI	Baby Blue	Loose Lucy	7
11/11/2007	Raleigh, NC (Meymandi Concert Hall)	SI	Here Comes Sunshine	She Belongs to Me	11
8/12/2008	Bethel, NY (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts)	*	She Belongs to Me	Truckin	39
10/31/2008	Westbury, NY (NYCB Theatre at Westbury)	SI	Feel Like a Stranger	Baby Blue	13
11/16/2008	Greensboro, NC (War Memorial Auditorium)	SI	Here Comes Sunshine	Baby Blue	11
7/21/2009	Wilmington, NC (Greenfield Amphitheater)	SI	Feel Like a Stranger	She Belongs to Me	19
8/21/2009	Jacksonville, OR (Britt Pavilion)	*	Shakedown Street	She Belongs to Me	4
2/24/2014	Boston, MA (House of Blues)	SI	The Music Never Stopped	My Brother Esau	36
3/4/2014	Buffalo, NY (Shea's Buffalo Theater)	SI	Maggie's Farm	Loser	6
6/7/2014	Hyannis, MA (Cape Cod Melody Tent)	SI	She Says	Bird Song	12
7/3/2014	Santa Barbara, CA (Santa Barbara Bowl)	SI	She Belongs to Me	Jus' Like Mama Said	7

Lyrics

First thing I remember knowin
Was alonesome whistle blowin
And a young un's dream of growing up to ride
On a freight train leavin town
Not knowin where I's bound
Nobody could steer me right but Mama tried

One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
Mama seemed to know what lay in store
Despite all my Sunday learnin
Toward the bad I kept on turnin
And Mama couldn't hold me any more

And I turned twenty-one in prison
Doin life without parole
No one could steer me right
Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
But her pleadins I denied
That leaves no one but me to blame
Cause Mama tried

Dear ole Daddy, rest his soul
Left my Mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes
Workin hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right but I refused

And I turned twenty-one in prison
Doin life without parole
No one could steer me right
Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
But her pleadins I denied
That leaves no one but me to blame
Cause Mama tried

And I turned twenty-one in prison
Doin life without parole
No one could steer me right
Mama tried, Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
But her pleadins I denied
That leaves no one but me to blame
Cause Mama tried

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