Well, I heard mama late last night
She was talking to my father
Now it's time that boy was shipping out
And I mean come hell or high water

Smokes and spits, and drinks, and fights
And his friends all look like trouble
Oh, he sleeps all day and gone all night
Where's that boy I used to cuddle?

Ten good years
And then he must have gone insane

You're the only hell
Your mama ever raised
Tried to tell ya but you've
Got to do things your own way

Says you're a good boy
And that you must be goin' through some phase
You're the only hell mama ever
Mama ever raised

Susie sneaks out every night
Say's its only fair, yeah
Now mama won't let me have no fun
Sometimes I think she's Linda Blair, yeah

Sixteen years of bristling tears
Then Susie changed her ways

You're the only hell
Your mama ever raised
She tried to tell you
But you got to do things your own way

Susie was always coy prob'ly just
Goin' through some phase
You're the only hell your mama ever
Mama ever raised

You're the only hell
Your mama ever raised
She tried to tell ya but you've
That got to do things your own way

Should know, know better
That you must be goin' through some phase
You're the only hell your mama ever
Mama ever raised, mama ever raised

Oh mama, little boy may be leavin' today
I don't care what you say
Woman, I've got to go
And fly away