Blame It On Mama lyrics

when i was six or seven mama tucked me in
with a lullaby that made my eyes open wide again
i`d lie awake and wonder why a boy named Billy Joe
jumped off the Talahatche bridge to the river far below

blame it on mama and the songs she loved to sing
i`m not from Lousiana but that dont mean a thing
don`t come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee
just blame it on mama 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 pretty red satin dancin dress she wore

blame it on mama and the songs she loved to sing
i`m not from Lousiana but that dont mean a thing
dont come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee
just blame it on mama she sang the country into me

i`m a coal miners daughter lovin that preachers son
i could walk the streets of Laredo stare down the barrel of a lawmans gun
i`ve grown roots and i`ve got ties to places i`ve never been
and when i sing those songs it takes me right back home again

blame it on mama and the songs she loved to sing
i`m not from Lousiana but that dont mean a thing
dont come from Alabama or hail from Tennessee
just blame it on mama she sang the country into me

the country in to me, yeah
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