Good Intentions Lyrics - Randy Travis

Mama always prayed that I'd be a better man than Daddy 

And I determined not to let her down 

Deserted by the man she loved 

And left to raise four children 

We were the local gossip of the town 

I promised her that I'd live right 

And not be like the others 

But I wound up in jail on Christmas Day 

I told her I'd be home and not to worry 'bout my brothers 

When I got home my Mom had passed away 

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CHORUS: 

And I hear tell the road to hell 

Is paved with good intentions 

But Mama my intentions were the best 

There's lots of things in my life 

I'd just as soon not to mention 

Looks like I turned out like all the rest 

But Mama my intentions were the best 

A little boy with big blue eyes 

A-beggin' to go fishin' 

I promised him but never took the time 

Now they won't let me see him 

And I sit here a-wishin' 

Wishin' I could hold him one more time 

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CHORUS: 

And I hear tell the road to hell 

Is paved with good intentions 

But Mama my intentions were the best 

There's lots of things in my life 

I'd just as soon not to mention 

Looks like I turned out like all the rest 

But Mama my intentions were the best 

But Mama my intentions were the best