Mama was right

Verse 1:

Mama always had a way of knowing,

Saw the storm in your eyes, it was brewing.

I was blind, lost in a lover's haze,

But Mama, she saw right through your wicked ways.

Chorus:

"Mama was right about you," I whisper in the cold, dark night,

Never fell down before, but I lost this fight.

Pushed you away, now I'm paying the price,

In this cell, under these lonely lights.

Verse 2:

The drinking came hard after that fateful day,

Drowning sorrows, in a bourbon sea I lay.

Mama's words, echoing in my bourbon-soaked brain,

"You fooled me once, but never again."

Chorus:

"Mama was right about you," her words ring true,

In this jailhouse, I've got time to rue.

If I'd never pushed, would I be free?

But here I am, where you led me to be.

Bridge:

Mama's wisdom, now it's all so clear,

In the mirror, I face my deepest fear.

You played your game, I was just a part,

In the tragedy of a broken heart.

Verse 3:

I remember Mama's wary eyes,

As she saw through your charming lies.

Now I'm here, in this cell alone,

Paying for a love, that's come and gone.

Chorus:

"Mama was right about you," I admit with a sigh,

In this jailhouse, under a watchful sky.

The drinking, the fall, it's all on me,

Mama was right, but I just couldn't see.

Outro:

So here's to Mama, and her knowing view,

Saw right through you, to the heart untrue.

In this cell, with my regrets and fears,

I hold onto her wisdom, through these bitter tears.