Does the song "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard make you wish...

HEyHEY

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Wed Nov-12-03 08:49 PM
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Does the song "Mama Tried" by Merle Haggard make you wish...

That you had spent your youth riding the rails and doing bad things?

It does that for me. Too bad it's so damn hard to hop a train these days...anyone got any hobo stories?

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Wed Nov-12-03 08:53 PM
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1. heard the Dead's cover of it?

One of their best.

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HEyHEY

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Wed Nov-12-03 08:54 PM
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2. no I haven't

But they DO count as hobos

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Wed Nov-12-03 09:11 PM
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3. turning 21 in prison doing life without parole

woulda kinda dim the appeal for me... :(

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