Mother Knows Best Lyrics - Marty Robbins

I left my home town 

Turned a good woman down 

Even laughed at my own Mother's plea 

I pushed her aside 

Even laughed when she cried 

Now I'm here in this penitentary 

Now Mother knows best 

Her love has stood the test 

The records will prove it, you see 

But youth's full of fire 

Challenge and desire 

Now I'm here in this penitentary 

I fell in you see with bad company 

And I started in gamblin' for fun 

One night when the cards 

Had been dealt and I'd lost 

I backed up my play with a gun 

Now Mother knows best 

Her love has stood the test 

The records will prove it, you see 

I shot and I killed 

For a twenty dollar bill 

Now I'm here in this penitentary