I Could Have Gone Right Lyrics - Merle Haggard

Oh, I was born a good boy, my mama loved me so 

And she gave me every chance she could to make my life a gold 

But I fell in with the wrong crowd and the wrong crowd led me on 

But I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong 

I went to the places where sin just waits for you 

And I fell in with the wrong crowd like sinners always do 

Now here I sit in prison just waiting for the day 

When they'll lead me through that door and burn my life away 

Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own 

For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong 

Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own 

For I could have gone right just as easy as I went wrong