Jerry Lee Lewis Follow

I had a home out in Texas
Out where the Bluebonnet grew
I had the kindest mother
How happy we were, just we two

Till one day the angels called her
It's the debt that we all have to pay
She'd call me close to her bedside
These last few words she did say

Now son don't start drinking or gambling
Promise you'll always go straight
Ten years have passed since that parting
That promise I've broke I must say

I started drinking for past time
At last Lord, I was just like them all
I bet my clothes and my money
Never dreaming that I'd ever fall

One night I've bet all my money
Nothing was left to be seen
All that I needed to break them
Was one card and that was a queen

Cards were dealt all round the table
Each man took a card from the draw
But I drew the one that would beat them
I turned it here's what I saw

I saw mama's picture
Somehow she seemed to say
Son you have broken your promise
I tossed those cards away

My winnings I gave to a newsboy
'Cause I knew I was wrong from the start
And I'll never forget that promise
To mother, the queen of my heart