I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)

[Verse 1]
(I can't sell my mama short)
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
So, 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

[Verse 2]
(I rolled into Atlanta)
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 were calling me
And somehow, I just had to get downtown
So, I reached into the glove box
Another liquor store went down

[Chorus]
And I said, "Precious memories
Take me back to the good ol' days
Let me hear my mama sing
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'"
She tried to turn me onto Jesus
But I turned onto the devil's ways
And I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised

[Verse 3]
(When they put them handcuffs on me)
When they put them handcuffs on me
Lord, how I fought to resist
But agent clamped 'em tighter
Till 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 raised
(Ever raised)

[Chorus]
And I said, "Precious memories
Take me back to the good ol' days
Let me hear my mama sing
'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me'"
She tried to turn me onto Jesus
But I turned onto the devil's ways
And I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised
Ever raised

[Outro]
And I turned out to be
The only hell my mama ever raised
Ever raised