Written by Johnny Cash
CALL YOUR MOTHER
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When you get a chance Would you please call your mother
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And thank her for the good years that we had?
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Gently break the news that you don't love me
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And give my best regards to your good old dad
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I always liked your family
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We got along just splendidly
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Though your brother
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Kind of rubbed me the wrong way
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I remember that your eyes turned green
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When they crowned your sister County Queen
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Though she couldn't hold a candle
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To your beauty any day
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When you get a chance Would you please call your mother
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And thank her for the good years that we had?
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Gently break the news that you don't love me
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And give my best regards to your good old dad
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Back when we could laugh and play
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On family reunion day
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Didn't we all look funny
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In our 1950s clothes?
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Your daddy wore that greasy stuff
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Your brother drank more than enough
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Your mom wore penny loafers
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With runners in her hose
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When you get a chance Would you please call your mother
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And thank her for the good years that we had?
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O gently break the news that you don't love me
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And give my best regards to your good old dad.
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When you get a chance Would you please call your mother
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And give my best regards to your good old dad?
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