Don't Tell Mama (I Was Drinking)-Philomena Begley

[ti:Don't Tell Mama (I Was Drinking)] [ar:Philomena Begley] [al:I'll Only Give This Up When It Gives Me Up] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Don't Tell Mama (I Was Drinking) - Philomena Begley [00:04.27]I was headed north on [00:07.35]Highway Five [00:09.28]On a star lit Sunday night [00:12.59] [00:13.58]When a pick up truck flew by me [00:17.25]Out of control [00:20.31] [00:21.97]As I watched in my headlights [00:26.31]He swerved left then back right [00:30.92]He never hit the brakes [00:34.23]As he left the road [00:38.40] [00:39.76]I found him lying in the grass [00:44.41]Among the steel and glass [00:48.96]With an empty whiskey bottle by his side [00:56.32] [00:57.89]And through the blood and tears [01:02.14]He whispered in my ear [01:06.91]A few last words just before he died [01:14.52] [01:15.93]Don't tell Mama I was drinking [01:22.66] [01:24.17]Lord knows her soul would never rest [01:32.34] [01:33.58]I can't leave this world with Mama thinking [01:40.47] [01:42.32]I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath [01:49.44] [01:59.72]I still think about that night [02:04.35]And how that young man died [02:08.44] [02:08.98]And how others sometimes pay [02:12.95]For our mistakes [02:16.18] [02:17.95]The last thing on his mind [02:22.03]As he left this world behind [02:26.13] [02:26.75]Was knowing someone else's heart would break [02:34.02] [02:36.00]Don't tell Mama I was drinking [02:42.72] [02:44.16]Lord knows her soul would never rest [02:51.87] [02:53.57]I can't leave this world with Mama thinking [03:00.57] [03:02.38]I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath [03:09.88] [03:11.46]Don't tell Mama I was drinking