Blame It On Mama lyrics

When I was six or seven, Mama tucked me in,
With a lullaby and they made my eyes open wide again.
I`d lie awake an` wonder why a boy named Billy Joe,
Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge to a river far below, oh. Oh, blame it on Mama, an` the songs she loved singin`.
I`m not from Louisiana but that don`t mean a thing.
Don`t come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee,
Just blame it Mama, she sang, (She sang.)
The country into me.

I just loved to listen as she sang those story songs,
`Bout a Coat Of Many Colors, or a girl named Delta Dawn.
When The Lights Went out In Georgia, I would beg for just one more,
All about Fancy and the pretty red satin dancin` dress she wore.

Oh, blame it on Mama, an` the songs she loved singin`.
I`m not from Louisiana but that don`t mean a thing.
Don`t come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee,
Just blame it Mama, she sang, (She sang.)
The country into me.

Instrumental break.

I`m a Coal Miner`s Daughter. (I`m a Coal Miner`s Daughter.)
Lovin` that preacher`s son. (Lovin` that preacher`s son.)
I have walked the Streets Of Laredo,
Stared down the barrel of a lawman`s gun.
I`ve grown roots an` I`ve got claims,
To places I`ve never been. (Places I`ve never been.)
An` when I sing those songs it takes me,
Right back home again.

Oh, blame it on Mama, an` the songs she loved singin`.
I`m not from Louisiana but that don`t mean a thing.
Don`t come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee,
Just blame it Mama, she sang, (She sang, she sang.)
The country into me.

The country into me, yeah.
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