Mama I Tried - Angaleena Presley/Oran Thornton
You had big plans
I understand
You wanted more for me than you ever got from
A man
Fancy dresses big diamond rings
House full of babies
And designer blue jeans
Mama I tried
Mama I tried
I cheated and I lied
I painted up my face like a rodeo clown
And I choked on cheap perfume as I spread myself
Around
I strutted my stuff at
Every juke joint in town
Always a bridesmaid
Never the bride
Mama mama I tried
I got so close so many times
Now I'll never get back
The best years of my
Life
Empty proposals
All talk no show
It's gettin' too hard to keep holdin' on now you've
Got to let it go
Mama I tried
Mama I tried
I cheated and I lied
I painted up my face like a rodeo clown
And I choked on cheap perfume as I spread myself
Around
I strutted my stuff at every juke joint in town
Always a bridesmaid never the bride
Mama mama I tried
Lord have mercy
Mama I tried
Mama I tried
I cheated and I lied
I painted up my face like a rodeo clown
And I choked on cheap perfume as I spread myself
Around
I strutted my stuff at
Every juke joint in town
Always a bridesmaid
Never the bride
Mama mama I tried
God dammit
Mama I tried