25 to life for a crime that's way due time He smacked her one too many and now he pays the price Got a cigarette hanging out the left side of her mouth Would she do it over again she says no way in hell And that's the story of old mama dean And that's the story of old mama dean She was a good woman spoilt by a drinking man Couldn't take it no more and she said it had to end But he didn't listen just like he always had So she said a prayer to Jesus and committed her sin And that's the story of old mama dean And that's the story of old mama dean Didn't try to run she just sat down on the porch And she stuck to her story didn't have no remorse Now she in her cell on a frozen january Won't see the light of freedom till she is done and buried And that's the story of old mama dean And that's the story of old mama dean