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Mama always prayed that I'd be a better man than daddy
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and I determined not to let her down
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Deserted by the man she loved and left to raise four children
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we were the local gossip of the town.
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I promised her that I'd live right and not be like the others
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but I wound up in jail on Chrismas day
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I told her I'd be home and not to worry 'bout my brothers
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when I got home my mom had passed away
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And I hear tell the road to hell is paved with good intentions
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and mama my intentions were the best
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There's lotsa things in my life I just as soon not mention
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Looks like I've turned out like all the rest
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But mama my intentions were the best
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A little boy with big blue eyes a-beggin' to go fishing
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I promised him but never took the time
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Now they won't let me see him and I sit here a-wishing
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Wishin' I could hold him one more time
(repeat chorus)
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But mama my intentions were the best