Call Your Mother

Album: Out Among the Stars (2014)
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  • When you get a chance
    Would you please call your mother
    And thank her for the good years that we had?
    Gently break the news that you don't love me
    And give my best regards to your good old dad

    I always liked your family
    We got along just splendidly
    Though your brother
    Kind of rubbed me the wrong way
    I remember that your eyes turned green
    When they crowned your sister County Queen
    Though she couldn't hold a candle
    To your beauty any day

    When you get a chance
    Would you please call your mother
    And thank her for the good years that we had?
    Gently break the news that you don't love me
    And give my best regards to your good old dad

    Back when we could laugh and play
    On family reunion day
    Didn't we all look funny
    In our 1950s clothes?
    Your daddy wore that greasy stuff
    Your brother drank more than enough
    Your mom wore penny loafers
    With runners in her hose

    When you get a chance
    Would you please call your mother
    And thank her for the good years that we had?
    O gently break the news that you don't love me
    And give my best regards to your good old dad

    When you get a chance
    Would you please call your mother
    And give my best regards to your good old dad Writer/s: JOHNNY R. CASH
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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