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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'