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



MOTHER

LOVE HER

WON'T YOU LET ME GO