Truckstop Honeymoon - Mama Cried
Album: Delivery Boy, Track 7
Tabbed by: Danny Halstead
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Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died
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She wept for days, when old blue eyes passed away
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was like a death in the family, she only had one LP
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and she played it constantly, and it drove us all insane
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when Mama sang along to all them tin pan alley songs
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and she'd get the words all wrong
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and it didn't really matter, it made it sorta sadder
G
it's such a shame.
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How Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died
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As good a reason as any other
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It's as if they had been lovers
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A long long time ago, but as far as I know
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She never caught a show
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But all the same, her tears they were real
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and her grief was sincere
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and it came from a deep place
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Beyond reason, beyond lyin' with our name
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Yeah Mama cried like I never saw
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"Mama cried before," "That's not exactly true ..
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She cried a lot for you and Richard Burton too".
G
It was all she could do
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To ease the pain, she smoked cigarettes in bed
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Drank Kahlua as she read, everything the papers said
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she believed every word, now it seems sort of absurd
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How Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died
F C
And her tears they were real
G
and her grief was sincere
Dm
and it came from a deep place
F D G
Beyond reason, beyond lyin' with our name
F C
Yeah Mama cried when Frank Sinatra died