Tracy Lawrence

Released: August 16, 2019

Songwriter: S. Camp (Country) Chris Stapleton

[Verse 1]
I hit the road out of high school
With a guitar in my hand
I fell in love with the sound of a honky tonk band
Daddy looked me in the eye
Said, "Son, you're gonna throw your life away
You're just givin' mama reasons to pray"

[Verse 2]
I fell in love with a barmaid
I guess you live and learn
Oh, how I felt the whiskey burn
And all the while I was thinkin'
"This ain't how I was raised"
But I kept givin' mama reasons to pray

[Chorus]
Mama always believed in me
She knew the kind of man that I could be
But every time I'd get on track
The devil made me stray
And I'd be givin' mama reasons to pray

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 3]
I held my mama's dyin' hand
On a Tuesday afternoon
It was the coldest day that we ever had in June
She pulled me close and she whispered
The last thing I heard her say
Was "Son, stop givin' mama reasons to pray"

[Chorus]
Mama always believed in me
She knew the kind of man that I could be
But every time I'd get on track
The devil made me stray
And I'd be givin' mama reasons to pray
Oh, I'm not givin' mama reasons to pray

Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist and songwriter. He was born January 27, 1968 in Atlanta, Texas. He was raised in Foreman, Arkansas and attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. There he was a member of the Epsilon Kappa chapter of Sigma Pi fraternity. Tracy worked as an ironworker and in phone sales before finally breaking into the music business. On September 13, 1993, Tracy married Frances Weatherford, whom he had met seven months earlier at a Denver autograph session. They divorced on March 7, 1996. He remarried Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Stacie Drew on March 15, 1997 but they divorced on June 30, 1998. On January 6, 2000, Lawrence married Becca in the Cayman Islands. They have two daughters. Skylar JoAnn, born June 27, 2001 and Mary Keagan, born April 15, 2003.

A few songs that Tracy is known for are “Sticks and Stones”, “Paint Me a Birmingham” and “Alibis”.

From the album

Made in America (2019)

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