mama's last

well i never knew my daddy

but everybody says my brother looks like him

and my brother he's in prison

and i doubt he'll be gettin' out again

but i watch it from the cradle

though mama tried to hide the truth from me

she did all that she was able

and lord i guess the rest is history

but we all know nobody's perfect

and mama prayed i'd turn out differently

and she tried to raise me better

'cause i was the baby of the family

oh well i know she'd never say it

but we all make mistakes and that's a fact

and i know i'm not the first but i guess

i was mama's last

mama had to work the factory

she had too much pride to take a helpin' hand

but she read the bible

so i got no excuse for what i am

when they'd pass the plate on sunday

i know it'd break her heart if she knew now

while she was puttin' in her quarters

i was reaching in and taking dollars out

but we all know nobody's perfect

and mama prayed i'd turn out differently

and she tried to raise me better

'cause i was the baby of the family

oh well i know she'd never say it

but we all make mistakes and that's a fact

and i know i'm not the first but i guess

i was mama's last

but we all know nobody's perfect

and mama prayed i'd turn out differently

and she tried to raise me better

'cause i was the baby of the family

oh well i know she'd never say it

but we all make mistakes and that's a fact

and i know i'm not the first but i guess

i was mama's last

no i'm not the first mistake that she ever made

but i was mama's last