Johnny Cash Mama's Baby song lyrics

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 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 she wouldn't go

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

Though she loved me like she 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 was a mama's baby, mama's baby

Though she loved me like she never loved another

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

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