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