Mama's Prayer

Merle Haggard

Back when I was doing time

There's a night I can't forget

A mad man with knife in hand

Tried to kill me while I slept

But somehow the knife missed its mark

And I pinned the raging man

Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again

One night while we were driving

Across the mighty Texas plains

A car pulled out with its headlights out

Head on into our lane

As Deanrow swerved and missed the car

I felt a mighty hand

Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again

Mama's prayers were always with me

Through the battlefield of life

She prayed for me and said amen

In the name of Jesus Christ

From the death house in San Quentin

I walked away a better man…