I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ 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 whisperd in my ear/ A few last words just before he
died/
chorus
NC C G
Don't Tell Mamma I was drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I
can't leave
this world with Mamma 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
somtimes
pay for our mistakes/ The last thing on his mind/ As he left this world
behind/ Was
knowing someone elses heart would break/ (repeat chorus)
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 whisperd in my ear/ A few last words just before he
died/
chorus
NC C G
Don't Tell Mamma I was drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I
can't leave
this world with Mamma 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
somtimes
pay for our mistakes/ The last thing on his mind/ As he left this world
behind/ Was
knowing someone elses heart would break/ (repeat chorus)