| I grew up just west of the tracks
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| Holding me to hold me back
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| Around your door, she’s calling out my name
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| She said «Son, won’t you go outside
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| «I got a man coming over tonight»
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| The seventh one in seven days
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| So I go down to the parking lot
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| Hang around all my friends
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| Roam the street 'til dawn breaks again
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| I come in at 5 A.M. |
| and she is waiting for me
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| She said, «Where have you been?» |
| I said «I was out»
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| She said «You're no good 'cause you’re running without love»
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| The black widow and the ladies' man
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| Met down at the laundromat
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| And tried to make me understand
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| The neighbors were all in a stir
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| About what they might have heard
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| And runnin' down they shouted out it seemed
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| Next door, a girl she lives
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| About the same age as me
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| And asked me to come upstairs for a see
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| Just then her mother burst in
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| Said «You're the son of that bitch in the wind
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| «Get out of my house and hit the road»
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| And I kept falling like a Rolling Stones song
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell, yes I am
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| Stars came out and me so
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| As I walked on down the road
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| Fifty bucks and suitcase steered me clear
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| She took my hand as we walked in the sun
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| A new day’s promise had begun
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| We’ll make it alone whether you like it or not
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| I turned around to shout it out, «Help me mother!»
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| I’m going straight to hell
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Just like my mama says
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| 'Cause I’m going straight to hell
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| Mother lover won’t you let me go |