I Could Have Gone Right

I Could Have Gone Right - Merle Haggard

Oh I was born a good boy

My mama loved me so

And she gave me every chance

She could to make my life a gold

But I fell in with the wrong crowd

And the wrong crowd led me on

But I could have gone right

Just as easy as I went wrong

I went to the places

Where sin just waits for you

And I fell in with the wrong crowd

Like sinners always do

Now here I sit in prison

Just waiting for the day

When they'll lead me through

That door and burn my life away

Oh mama please forgive me

The shame is all my own

For I could have gone right

Just as easy as I went wrong

Oh mama please forgive me

The shame is all my own

For I could have gone right

Just as easy as I went wrong