Mama

My mama always told me
Son you'd best go easy down that road
And she said she was sorry
For all the times she couldn't save my soul
I shoulda listened to her words a little more
Before I packed up and I walked right out that door
Daddy always told me
Son you'd better love the best you can
And don't look back and be sorry
These moments won't be comin' 'round again
But I feel like I could conquer the whole world
When I look up and see those three little girls
But I get lost I can't find my way
All my pieces glued together for the world to see
Mistakes I've made consumed by some
Till there's nothing left of me
when all is said and done

Now a preacher man once told me
Son I'm not so sure you can be saved
He said life is full of choices
And he sees all the bad ones that you've made
And I said yeah you're right
I'll probably go to hell
But goddamn all the stories I can tell
'Cause I'm so lost I can't find my way
All my pieces glued together for
the world to see
Mistakes I've made consumed by some
Till there's nothing left of me
when all is said and done

So my mama always told me
Son you'd best go easy down that road