Good Intentions

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 chrismas day

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

When i got home my mom had passed away





(chorus)



And i hear tell the road to hell is paved with good intentions

And mama my intentions were the best

There's lotsa things in my life i just as soon not mention

Looks like i've turned out like all the rest

But mama my intentions were the best



A little boy with big blue eyes a-beggin' to go fishing

I promised him but never took the time

Now they won't let me see him and i sit here a-wishing

Wishin' i could hold him one more time



(repeat chorus)



But mama my intentions were the best


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