I'm The Only Hell (mama Ever Raised) Lyrics - Johnny Paycheck

I can't sell my mama short on loving me 

I guess that's why she let me go so far 

Mama try 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 my mama ever raised 

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

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

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

So I reached into the glove box, another liquor store went down 

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

Let me hear mama 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 mama ever raised 

When they put them handcuffs on me, Lord how I fought to resist 

But agent clamped 'em tighter, 'til that metal bit into my wrist 

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

Then they locked away the only hell my mama ever ever raised 

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

Let me hear mama 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 mama ever raised 

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 mama ever raised