The Only Hell-Johnny Paycheck

[ti:The Only Hell] [ar:Johnny Paycheck] [al:All Time Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Only Hell - Johnny Paycheck [00:09.42]I cant sell my momma short on loving me [00:12.97] [00:13.59]I guess that's why she let me go so far [00:17.27] [00:17.90]Momma always stopped me short of stealing [00:21.21] [00:22.20]I guess thats why I had to steal that car [00:25.08] [00:26.57]She told me not to smoke it [00:28.23]But I did and it took me far away [00:33.27]And I turned out to be [00:35.64]The only hell mama ever raised [00:38.48] [00:41.72]I pulled into Atlanta stolen tags and almost out of gas [00:46.65] [00:50.34]I had to get some money and lately I'd learned how to get it fast [00:56.01] [00:58.82]Those neon lights was calling me and somehow I had to get downtown [01:04.21] [01:05.27]I reached into the glovebox another liquor store went down [01:10.63] [01:13.81]Chorus: [01:14.12] [01:14.63]And I sing Precious Memories [01:16.68]Take me back to the good ol days [01:20.55]I can hear my momma singing [01:22.35] [01:23.41]Rock of Ages" cleft for me [01:25.53] [01:26.47]She tried to turn me on to Jesus [01:29.87]But I turned on to the devil's ways [01:31.94] [01:33.55]And I turned out to be the only hell my moma ever raised [01:38.80] [01:46.04]When they put those handcuffs on me [01:48.59]Lord how I fought to resist [01:50.81] [01:55.05]But that agent clamped 'em tighter [01:56.99]Til that metal bit into my wrist [02:01.83] [02:03.01]They took my boots and my billfold [02:05.81]My fingerprints [02:06.70]And the profile of my face [02:10.01]Then they locked away the only hell my moma ever raised [02:15.90] [02:18.27]Chorus: [02:19.05]And I sing "Precious Memories " [02:21.30]Take me back to the good ol' days [02:23.98] [02:24.98]I can hear my momma singing [02:27.98]Rock of Ages" cleft for me [02:29.92] [02:30.91]She tried to turn me on to Jesus [02:34.34]But I turned on to the devil's ways [02:38.11]And I turned out to be the only hell my moma ever raised [02:43.09] [02:46.24]She tried to turn me on to Jesus [02:49.41]But I turned on to the devil's ways [02:51.78] [02:53.11]And I turned out to be the only hell my moma ever raised [03:00.56]