Johnny Paycheck The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised Lyrics

The Only Hell My Momma 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 MY MOMMA 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" clept(?) 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.

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 MOMMA EVER
RAISED.

Chorus.