I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised) feat. Johnny

I cant sell my momma short on loving me

Guess that's why she let me go so far

Momma tried to stopped me short of stealing

I guess that's why I had to steal that car.



She told me not to smoke it

But I did and it took me far away

And I turned out to be

The only hell mama ever raised.



Well, I rolled into Atlanta, stolen tags and almost out of gas

I had to get some money, lately I'd learned how to get it fast

Those neon lights was calling me and somehow I had to get downtown

So I reached into the glovebox, another liquor store went down.



Chorus:

And I sing "Precious Memories," take me back to the good ol' days

I can hear my momma singing, "Rock of Ages" cleft for me

She tried to turn me on to Jesus, but I turned on to the devil's ways

And I turned out to be the only hell my moma ever raised.



Well, they put those handcuffs on me, Lord how I fought to resist

They just clamped 'em tighter, 'til that metal bit into my wrist

They took my belts and my billfold, my fingerprints, and the profile of my face

Then they locked away the only hell my moma ever ever raised.



Chorus:

And I sing "Precious Memories," take me back to the good ol' days

Let me hear my momma singing, "Rock of Ages" cleft for me

She tried to turn me on to Jesus, and I turned on to the devil's ways

And I turned out to be the only hell my moma ever raised.



She tried to turn me on to Jesus, and I turned on to the devil's ways

And I turned out to be the only hell my moma ever raised...