(Jerry Laseter/Buddy Brock/Kim Williams)
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I Was Headed Noth On Highway Five, One Star Lit Sunday Night
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When A Pickup Truck Flew By Me Out Of Control
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As I Watched In My Headlights He Swerved Left And 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 Among The Steel And Glass
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With An Empty Whiskey Bottle By His Side
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Through The Blood And Tears He Whispered In My Ear
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A Few Last Words Just Before He Died
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Don't Tell MaMa I Was Drinking
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Lord Knows Her Soul Would Never Rest
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I Can't Leave This World With MaMa Thinking
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I Met The Lord With Whiskey On My Breath
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I Still Think About That Night And How That Young Man Died
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And How Others Sometimes Pay For Our Mistakes
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The Last Thing On His Mind As He Left This World Behind
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Was Knowing Someone Else's Heart Would Break
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Don't Tell MaMa I Was Drinking
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Lord Knows Her Soul Would Never Rest
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I Can't Leave This World With Mama Thinking
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I Met The Lord With Whiskey On My Breath
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Don't Tell Mama
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Ty Herndon |