The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised

Well I can’t sell my momma short on loving me

Momma always 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 momma ever raised

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 glove box another liquor store went down

And I sing Precious Memories take me back to the good old 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 momma ever raised

But that agent clamped ’em tighter until 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 momma ever raised

And I sing Precious Memories take me back to the good old 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 momma ever raised