Mother Knows Best — текст песни (Marty Robbins)

I left my home town
Turned a good woman down
Even laughed at my own Mother`s plea
I pushed her aside
Even laughed when she cried
Now I`m here in this penitentary

Now Mother knows best
Her love has stood the test
The records will prove it, you see
But youth`s full of fire
Challenge and desire
Now I`m here in this penitentary

I fell in you see with bad company
And I started in gamblin` for fun
One night when the cards
Had been dealt and I`d lost
I backed up my play with a gun

Now Mother knows best
Her love has stood the test
The records will prove it, you see
I shot and I killed
For a twenty dollar bill
Now I`m here in this penitentary