First thing I remember knowin' was a lonesome whistle blowin'And a youngun's dream of growin' up to rideOn a freight train leavin' town, not knowin' where I'm boundNo one could change my mind but mama triedOne and only rebel child from a family meek and mildMy mama seemed to to know what lay in store'Spite all my Sunday learnin' towards the bad I kept on turnin''Til mama couldn't hold me anymore.I turned twenty-one in prison doin' life without paroleNo one could steer me right but mama tried, mama triedMama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I deniedThat leaves only me to blame, 'cause mama triedDear ole' daddy, rest his soul left my mom a heavy loadShe tried so very hard to feel his shoesWorkin' hours without rest, wanted me to have the bestShe tried to raise me right but I refusedI turned twenty-one in prison doin' life without paroleNo one could steer me right but mama tried, mama triedMama tried to raise me better but her pleading I deniedAnd that leaves only me to blame, 'cause mama triedThat leaves only me to blame, 'cause mama tried
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Willie Hugh Nelson (Abbott, Texas, 29 de abril de 1933) es un cantante, compositor y guitarrista estadounidense de country. El éxito en la crítica de sus álbumes Shotgun Willie (1973), Red Headed Stranger (1975) y Stardust (1978) convirtieron a Nelson en uno…
