If Momma Coulda Seen Me Lyrics

If my momma coulda seen me in this prison

She would cry, but she can't

She would wanna know if I was learning my lesson

I would lie, but I ain't

She could never tell me different

Because I listened with my mouth

So they sent me up the river

And I'm never getting out

If my momma coulda seen me in this prison

She would cry, but she can't

If my momma coulda seen me in these chains

She would be fit to be tied

She was buried that May 'cause I was

Barely thirteen when she died

Well, I reckon she's in Heaven

And I know that I'm in Hell

Nobody hears you praying

In a solitary cell

If my momma coulda saw me in these chains

She'd be fit to be tied

Ah, well, rich man, poor man

Beggar man, thief

Ain't nobody never causin' Momma any grief

First time, never mind

Third strike calendar

We found that I'm a fool beyond a shadow of a doubt

If Momma coulda seen me in this prison

It'd break her poor heart

Took her dreams and damned if I didn't tear all apart

Now I get down on my knees nearly every single day

And I thank the Lord the she never had to see me this way

If my momma coulda seen me in this prison

It'd break her poor heart

Said, if my momma coulda seen me in this prison

It'd break her poor heart