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
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 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