Mama's Baby lyrics

(She said that she just couldn't leave her mother)

I met a girl out in a town that tore all my resistance down

I thought what a dream this oughta be

I went with her a month or two and like any boy in love will do

Asked her if she would marry me

But she was a mama's baby, mama's baby

Though she loved me like she'd never loved another

She was a mama's baby, mama's baby

And she said that she just couldn't leave her mother

Then I said well then probably the only thing that's left for me

Is to go and come back in a year or so

A year passed away and then I tried to win her hand again

She even packed her clothes but wouldn't go

Cause she was a mama's baby, mama's baby

Though she loved me like she'd never loved another

She was a mama's baby, mama's baby

And she said that she just couldn't leave her mother

Well I hung around till finally I persuaded her to marry me

Her mother said that it would be all right

We bought ourselves a little home and I finally got her off alone

But she stays with her mother every night

Cause she's a mama's baby, mama's baby

Though she loved me like she'd never loved another

She's a mama's baby, mama's baby

And she said that she just couldn't leave her mother

Well she said that she just couldn't leave her mother

• Artist:Johnny Cash
• Album:The Fabulous Johnny Cash" (1959)