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Why, Mama, Why
Artist: RandyB
Album: Blues Collection
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Lyrics: [Verse 1]
I was a little boy
with trusting eyes
Watching you move
through a world of lies
You taught me lessons
that no kid should learn
Your broken compass,
led you to wrong turns
[Verse 2]
Just thirteen years old
when our family you broke
Seventeen years old
when my demon you woke
To violence and rage
Such that I never knew
Following a path
laid down by you.
[chorus]
Why, Mama, why
did you live that way?
Why, Mama, why
did you make me pay?
All these years
behind these walls
Your evil lessons
caused my fall
Why, Mama, why?
[violent guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
You married a man
from your darkened past
A twisted love,
that couldn't last.
When his hands turned cruel
in the dead of night
You turned to me
to make it right
[Verse 4]
That hate filled night
my fists became your tool
A young man's anger,
a mother's fuel
All these years now
I continue to pay
All these years now
My life wastes away
[Chorus]
Why, Mama, why
did you live that way?
Why, Mama, why
did you make me pay?
All these years
behind these walls
Your evil lessons
caused my fall
Why, Mama, why?
[slow, mournful guitar solo]
[Final Chorus]
Why, Mama, why
did you live that way?
Why, Mama, why
did you make me pay?
Now you're gone,
but I remain
Carrying this burden
bound by chains
Why, Mama, why?
Why, Mama... why?
Genre: country
Style Prompt: Slow Delta blues, 58 bpm, key Em, male vocals, distorted electric guitar, harmonica
Copyright Owner: Randolph Baggett ([email protected])
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Album: Blues Collection
šµ Listen / Download MP3
Lyrics: [Verse 1]
I was a little boy
with trusting eyes
Watching you move
through a world of lies
You taught me lessons
that no kid should learn
Your broken compass,
led you to wrong turns
[Verse 2]
Just thirteen years old
when our family you broke
Seventeen years old
when my demon you woke
To violence and rage
Such that I never knew
Following a path
laid down by you.
[chorus]
Why, Mama, why
did you live that way?
Why, Mama, why
did you make me pay?
All these years
behind these walls
Your evil lessons
caused my fall
Why, Mama, why?
[violent guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
You married a man
from your darkened past
A twisted love,
that couldn't last.
When his hands turned cruel
in the dead of night
You turned to me
to make it right
[Verse 4]
That hate filled night
my fists became your tool
A young man's anger,
a mother's fuel
All these years now
I continue to pay
All these years now
My life wastes away
[Chorus]
Why, Mama, why
did you live that way?
Why, Mama, why
did you make me pay?
All these years
behind these walls
Your evil lessons
caused my fall
Why, Mama, why?
[slow, mournful guitar solo]
[Final Chorus]
Why, Mama, why
did you live that way?
Why, Mama, why
did you make me pay?
Now you're gone,
but I remain
Carrying this burden
bound by chains
Why, Mama, why?
Why, Mama... why?
Genre: country
Style Prompt: Slow Delta blues, 58 bpm, key Em, male vocals, distorted electric guitar, harmonica
Copyright Owner: Randolph Baggett ([email protected])