I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)

I can tell my mama's short on loving me I guess that's why she let me go so far Mama tried to stop 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 Yeah, I had to get some money, 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 And I said 'Precious memories', take me back to the good ol' days' Let me hear my men and sing, '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 And then they locked away the only hell my mama ever ever raised And I'd 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