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I Called Mama

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I Called Mama

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Got a call from a friend about a friend

It's news no one ever wants to hear

It hit me like a punch, it took my breath

He was just getting into his best years

Yeah, something like that'll shake you up

Wake you up

So I stopped off at a Texaco

Bought a Slim Jim and a Coke

Parked out by the water just to watch that river flow

Grabbed my guitar from the back seat

Wrote a song just for me

And I sung it for the blue sky

And a couple live oak trees

I thought of home, grabbed my phone from my pocket

And I called mama

It rang a couple times and she picked up

I can always hear her smile when I call

I just called to tell you that I loved you

I was missin' you and dad, and home, that's all

I got to really thinkin' this mornin'

'Bout what's important

So I stopped off at a Texaco

Bought a Slim Jim and a Coke

Parked out by the water just to watch that river flow

Grabbed my guitar from the back seat

Wrote a song just for me

And I sung it for the blue sky

And a couple live oak trees

I thought of home, grabbed my phone from my pocket

And I called mama

And from now on

I ain't gonna wait so long

To stop off at a Texaco

Buy a Slim Jim and a Coke

Park out by the water just to watch that river flow

Grab my guitar from the back seat

Write a song just for me

I'll sing it for the blue sky

And a couple live oak trees

And think of home, grab my phone from my pocket

Instead of saying tomorrow I'm gonna

And I call mama

And I call mama

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