Don't Tell Mama Lyrics - Smoke Rings In The Dark - Gary Allan

I was headed north on Highway Five 

On a star-lit Sunday night 

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

As I watched in my headlights 

He swerved left then back right 

He never hit the brakes 

As he left the road 

I found him lying in the grass 

Among the steel and glass 

With an empty whiskey bottle by his side 

And through the blood and tears 

He whispered in my ear 

A few last words just before he died 

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' 

Lord knows her soul would never rest 

I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' 

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 

The last thing on his mind 

As he left this world behind 

Was knowing someone else's heart would break 

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' 

Lord knows her soul would never rest 

I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' 

I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath 

Don't tell Mama I was drinkin'