SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Hank Thompson lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Hank Thompson Lyrics for Song: I Saw My Mother's Name Lyrics for Album: Hank Thompson & His Brazos Val [2003] Your daddy was a gambling man my mother said to me He left me when you were a child but he was all this world to me I know your daddy loved me too from tattoo on his arms Was a heart of love that bored my name and was his good luck charm I didn't heed my mother's words to leave the cards alone I took to gambling just like dad and left my mother's home One night the gang was gathered round we delt the hand of draw An old man sat across from me and this is what I saw From out his sleeve he pulled the card and I pulled out my gun I shot him dead not knowing then what evil I had done He fell across the table his hands reached out in vain His sleeve slipped back and upon his arm I could see so plain I gazed down at his lifeless arm and I hung my head in shame For upon his arm was tattooed heart and I saw my mother's name Album Lyrics: Hank Thompson & His Brazos Val [2003] Hank Thompson "Hank Thompson & His Brazos Val [2003]" 1. After All The Things I've Done 2. At The Rainbow's End 3. Baby I Need Lovin' 4. Back Street Affair 5. Blue Skirt Waltz 6. Breakin' In Another Heart 7. Bummin' Around 8. Cocaine Blues 9. Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea 10. Detour 11. Don't Be That Way 12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 13. Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) 14. Don't Take It Out On Me 15. Dusty Skies 16. Forgive Me 17. Gloria 18. Hang Your Head In Shame 19. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 20. Here Comes Santa Claus 21. How Do You Feel 22. I Cast A Lonesome Shadow 23. I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love 24. I Don't Want To Know 25. I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair 26. I Find You Cheatin' On Me 27. I Gotta Have My Baby Back 28. I Keep Meeting Girls Like You 29. I Saw My Mother's Name 30. I Was The First One 31. I Wouldn't Miss It For The World 32. I'd Do It Again 33. I'd Like To Tell You 34. I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die 35. I'll Be Your Sweetheart For A Day 36. I'll Step Aside 37. I've Convinced Everybody But Myself 38. In The Valley Of The Moon 39. It Makes No Difference Now 40. It's My Fault 41. Just A Little While 42. Just An Old Faded Photograph 43. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 44. Lost Highway 45. Make Room In Your Heart (For A Memory) 46. Most Of All 47. My Old Flame 48. Nine Pound Hammer 49. Orange Blossom Special 50. Paper Doll 51. Paying Off The Interest With My Tears 52. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down 53. Roving Gambler 54. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 55. San Antonio Rose 56. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 57. September In The Rain 58. She's A Girl Without Any Sweetheart 59. She's Just A Whole Lot Like You 60. Shotgun Boogie 61. Silver Bells 62. Sing Me Something Sentimental 63. Soft Lips 64. Steel Guitar Rag 65. Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love 66. Take A Look At This Broken Heart Of Mine 67. Teach 'em How To Swim 68. Tears Are Only Rain 69. There's No You 70. Those Things Money Can't Buy 71. Three Times Seven 72. Till Then 73. Today 74. Tomorrow Night 75. Total Stranger 76. Wabash Cannonball 77. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart 78. What Made Her Change 79. When Your Love Burns Low 80. Where Is Your Heart Tonight 81. Wildwood Flower 82. You Always Hurt The One You Love 83. You'll Be The One