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 got a man coming over tonight" The seventh one in seven days So I go down to the parking lot And hang around all my friends And roam the street 'til dawn breaks again I come in at 5 A.M. and she is waiting for me She said, "Where have you been?" I said, "I was out" She said, "You're no good 'cause you're running without love" I'm going straight to hell Just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell I'm going straight to hell Just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell The black widow and the ladies' man They met down at the laundromat And tried to help 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 And said, "You're the son of that bitch in the wind Get out of my house and hit the road" And I kept falling like a Rolling Stones song I'm going straight to hell Just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell 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 day's 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 I'm going straight to hell Just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell I'm going straight to hell Just like my mama said I'm going straight to hell Mama, won't you let me go?