Camilla Lyrics

Mama, sweet mama

Where are you going
With all your babies

And that casserole

I'm going to the jailhouse

In Camilla, Georgia

To see a woman

And ask for her parole

Mama, sweet mama

Why are you beaten

Why are your babies

Scattered on the ground

The sheriff slapped me

And then he struck me down

He kept on kicking

Till I blacked out

This old Georgia town

Knocked me from my feet
I see a blue-eyed devil

Looking down at me

Mama, sweet mama

Why did you do it

Why did you not move back

Into the crowd

Ella Mae was watching

From the jailhouse window

I had to show her

I was proud

This old Georgia town

Knocked me from my feet
I see a blue-eyed devil

Looking down at me

This old Georgia town

Knocked me from my feet

I see a blue-eyed devil

Looking down at me

Mama, sweet mama

What's happened to you

Your pregnant body

Standing so tough

My unborn baby

Is no longer

Now I'm a lawyer

Is that enough

Is that enough?