Mother, The Queen Of My Heart-Ernest Tubb

[ti:Mother, The Queen Of My Heart] [ar:Ernest Tubb] [al:If You Want Some Lovin'] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mother, The Queen Of My Heart - Ernest Tubb [00:05.52]I had a home out in Texas [00:08.95] [00:10.28]Out where the Bluebonnet grew [00:13.21] [00:15.23]I had the kindest mother [00:18.90] [00:20.36]How happy we were just we two [00:23.55] [00:25.48]Till one day the angels called her [00:28.79] [00:30.52]It's the debt that we all have to pay [00:33.62] [00:35.76]She'd call me close to her bedside [00:38.85] [00:40.79]These last few words she did say [00:43.82] [00:45.97]Now son don't start drinking or gambling [00:49.28] [00:51.31]Promise you'll always go straight [00:54.39] [00:56.21]Ten years have passed since that parting [01:01.42]That promise I've broke I must say [01:04.49] [01:06.60]I started gambling for past time [01:11.81]At last Lord I was just like them all [01:14.90] [01:16.98]I bet my clothes and my money [01:20.46] [01:22.21]Never dreaming that I'd ever fall [01:25.32] [01:38.11]One night I've bet all my money [01:41.26] [01:43.41]Nothing was left to be seen [01:45.87] [01:48.21]And all that I needed to break them [01:51.74] [01:53.44]Was one card and that was a Queen [01:56.46] [01:58.66]The Cards were delt all round the table [02:02.35] [02:03.91]Each man took a card from the draw [02:07.33] [02:09.39]I drew the one that would beat them [02:14.40]I turned it here's what I saw [02:17.54] [02:19.92]I saw mama's picture and she seemed to say [02:28.04] [02:30.48]Son you have broken your promise [02:33.40] [02:35.55]Tossed those cards away [02:38.78] [02:40.66]My winnings I gave to a newsboy [02:45.94]I knew I was wrong from the start [02:49.25] [02:51.33]And I'll never forget that promise [02:54.26] [02:56.51]To mother the Queen of my heart