Oil field town in a blood red sky way out here that sun takes a long time to die just seventeen when the highway called my mama said "boy don't send me no tears back to Wichita Falls" Yeah, broken white line led me away down a long lonesome interstate my boots move fast but my mind move slow wherever easy money went I was gonna go Now my poor mama cries for the trouble I'm in but the law don't believe me it was self defense her heart breaks down against these prison walls there's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls there's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls I was raised up that that where God lost his shoes turned that west Texas dust into big city blues that city kid pushed me just a little too far reckon I pushed back just a little too hard Chorus: Now my poor mama cries for the trouble I'm in but the law don't believe me it was self defense her heart breaks down against these prison walls there's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls Yeah, my poor mama cries for the trouble I'm in but the law don't believe me mama hell it was self defense my life sure don't mean much inside these prison walls 'cept a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls There's a few more tears tonight over Wichita Falls