"Mama Ain't Talkin'" (Eric Paslay/Ben Cooper)

Here's a song I wrote with the extremely talented Eric Paslay (he's singing).

 

MAMA AIN’T TALKIN’                                                                               9-28-10

(COOPER/PASLAY)

MOON THROUGH THE TREES, QUIET AS A MOUSE

TWO WILD DREAMERS RUNNING SOUTH

CAREFUL AS CAN BE NOT TO LEAVE A TRACE

BACK ROAD NOBODY SEES THE GET AWAY

DON’T YOU KNOW OIL AND WATER DON’T MIX

THE BOY’S AS TOUGH AS NAILS BUT NOT HER DADDY’S PICK

HE SAID, NO YOU WON’T, SHE SAID YES, I WILL

SHE JUST FLEW THE COUP IN A COUPE DEVILLE

DADDY’S GONNA TURN THIS LITTLE TOWN UPSIDE DOWN

EVERY INCH AND MILE UNTIL HIS DAUGHTER’S FOUND

HE’S ASKING EVERYBODY, NOBODY HEARD A SOUND

SOMEBODY KNOWS THE TRUTH BUT MAMA AIN’T TALKIN’

FROWN ON HIS FACE, BADGE IN HIS HAND

GLEAM IN HIS EYE ‘CAUSE HE THINKS HE’S THE MAN

TELLS HIS WIFE WHAT TO DO, TELLS HIS DAUGHTER WHAT TO BE

THEY’RE FINALLY MAKING A STAND AND HE CAN’T EVEN SEE

OH, MAMA WAKES UP EVERY MORNING

WITH A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE

SHE KNOWS HER DAUGHTER’S HAPPY

JUST NINETY-TWO MILES AWAY

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