Paycheck Johnny - I'm The Only Hell (My Mama Ever Raised) lyrics

Well, I cant sell my momma short on loving me

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

Momma always stopped me short of stealing

I guess thats 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.

I pulled 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 had to get downtown

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.

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

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

They took my boots 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

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...