I grew up just west of the tracks holding me to hold me back around your door she's calling out my name
she said "son won't you go outside I've got a man coming over tonight The 7th one in 7 days"
So I go down to the parking lot and hang around all my friends And roam the street 'till dawn breaks again
I come in at five am and she is waitin' for me she said, "where have you been?" I said, "I WAS OUT" she said, "you're no good 'cause you're runnin' without love"
I'm going straight to hell just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell
The black widow and the ladies man met down at the laundromat AND TRIED TO MAKE me understand
the neighbors were all in a stir about what they might have heard and runnin' down they shouted out it seemed
next door a girl she lives about the same age as me and asked me to come upstairs for a see
just then her mother burst in said, "you're the son of that bitch in the wind get outta my house hit the road" I kept fallin' like a ROLLING STONES SONG
I'm going straight to hell just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell
The stars came out and warned me so as i walked on down the road fifty bucks and a suitcase steered me clear
She took my hand as we walked into the sun a new days promise had begun we'll make it alone whether you like it or not I turned and shouted
HELP ME MOTHER
I'm going straight to hell just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell