Allan Gary Dont Tell Mama Lyrics

Dont Tell Mama Lyrics

I was headed north on Highway Five 

 On a star-lit Sunday night 

 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 whispered in my ear 

 A few last words just before he died 

  

 Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' 

 Lord knows her soul would never rest 

 I can't leave this world with Mama 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 sometimes pay for our mistakes 

 The last thing on his mind 

 As he left this world behind 

 Was knowing someone else's heart would break 

  

 Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' 

 Lord knows her soul would never rest 

 I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' 

 I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath 

  

 Don't tell Mama I was drinkin