Written:Kim Williams/Jerry Laseter/Buddy Brock 
 
I was headed north on Highway Five 
On a star-lit Sunday night 
When a pick-up truck flew by me out of control 
As I watched in my headlights 
He swerved left then back right 
He never hit the brakes 
As he left the road 
 
I found him lying in the grass 
Among the steel and glass 
With an empty whiskey bottle by his side 
And through the blood and tears 
He whispered in my ear 
A few last words just before he died 
 
Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' 
Lord knows her soul would never rest 
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' 
I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath 
 
I still think about that night 
And how that young man died 
And how others sometimes pay for our mistakes 
The last thing on his mind 
As he left this world behind 
Was knowing someone else's heart would break 
 
Don't tell Mama I was drinkin' 
Lord knows her soul would never rest 
I can't leave this world with Mama thinkin' 
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