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 guitars

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 outta me

Yeah, Mama raised the Hell right outta 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 outta me

Yeah, Mama raised the Hell right outta 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 outta me

Yeah, Mama raised the Hell right outta me

Right outta me