Mama Raised the Hell Out of Me

Lord knows, I've tried to paint that town every shade of red There's a lotta whiskey bottles and skeletons I broke more hearts than the strings on my guitar But one was gold and damn sure wouldn't bend She saw her baby in the crazy Her child in the wild She brought me in this world and kept me here Five foot five, full of grace, full of pride She saw me coming a mile away So far from heaven, no chance I would get in She didn't see me that way Oh, the devil only knows the sinner I would be But mama raised the hell out of me Yeah, mama raised the hell right out of me Curly phone cable, leaving tears on the table Saying, "what did my boy do this time?" Yeah, she could have hung up or gave up Said she was fed up But she looked up and prayed to Jesus the whole drive Yeah, that devil downstairs Sure tried hard to get me there But he didn't stand a chance against Five foot five, full of grace, full of pride She saw me coming a mile away So far from heaven, no chance I would get in She didn't see me that way Oh, the devil only knows the sinner I would be But mama raised the hell out of me Yeah, mama raised the hell right out of me She saw her baby in the crazy Her child in the wild She brought me in this world and kept me here Five foot five, full of grace, full of pride She saw me coming a mile away So far from heaven, no chance I would get in She didn't see me that way Oh, the devil only knows the sinner I would be But mama raised the hell out of me Yeah, mama raised the hell right out of me Ooh, right out of me