I can't keep from cryin' sometimes
and i can't keep from cryin sometimes
mmmh mama, d'you know that she's dead and gone
and I, I'm just all alone

I can't keep from cryin sometimes but i saw,

early in the morning about the break of day yeah
oh i get down on my knees i fall down on my knees,
you know what, I pray mama, mama she's done,
dead and gone and I have to know when I'm born,

no i can't, i can't keep from cryin sometimes, yeaheaheah!

oh i can't keep from cryin sometimes
and i can't keep from cryin sometimes
oh mama, mama, my mama's done dead and gone
and I don't you know that I'm all alone
i can't keep from cryin sometimes