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I was headed north on highway five/ on a star-lit Sundaynight/ When a pick-up truck 
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flew by me out of control/ As I watched in my headlights/ He swerved left then back 
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right/ He never hit the brakes as he left the road/ I found him lying in the grass/ 
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 Among the steel and glass/ With an empty whiskey bottle by his side/ And through 
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the blood and tears/ He whisperd in my ear/ A few last words just before he died/ 
 
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Don't Tell Mamma I was drinkin'/ Lord knows her soul would never rest/ I can't leave 
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this world with Mamma thinkin' / I met the Lord with whiskey on my breath 
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I still think about that night/ and how that young man died/ And how others somtimes 
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 pay for our mistakes/ The last thing on his mind/ As he left this world behind/ Was 
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knowing someone elses heart would break/   (repeat chorus)