Don't Tell Mama I Was Drinking Lyrics - Sunshine & Whiskey - Frankie Ballard

I was headed north on Highway 5 

On a starlit Sunday night 

When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control 

As I watched in my headlights, 

He swerved left and then back right 

Never hit the brakes as he left the road 

I found him lying in the grass among steel and glass 

With an empty whiskey bottle by his side 

Through the blood and tears, he whispered in my ear 

A few last words just before he died 

And he said, "Don't tell mama I was drinking 

Cause Lord knows that her soul would never rest 

Now I can't leave this world with my mama thinking 

That I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath" 

I still think about that night 

And how that young man died 

And how others sometimes pay for our mistakes 

Well the last thing on his mind 

As he left this world behind 

Was knowing someone else's heart would break 

And he said, "Don't tell mama I was drinking 

Cause Lord knows that her soul would never rest 

Now I can't leave this world with my mama thinking 

That I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath" 

"Don't tell mama I was drinking 

Cause Lord knows that her soul would never rest 

Now I can't leave this world with my mama thinking 

That I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath 

That I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath"