Straight To Hell
Cory Morrow Lyrics

I grew up just west of the tracks
I was raised in a less privileged part of town.

Holding me to hold you back, around your door she's calling out my name
My difficult upbringing is preventing me from having a successful relationship with this woman who's calling for me.

She said son won't you go outside, I've got a man coming over tonight
My mother wants me to leave the house so she can entertain this man.

The seventh one in seven days
This man is one of many that she's had over in the past week.

So I walk on down to the parking lot, Hang around with all my friends, and roam the streets til dawn breaks again
To avoid the situation at home, I spend my nights hanging out with friends and wandering aimlessly.

I come in at five a.m. and she is waiting for me
When I return home, my mother is waiting and confronts me.

She said where have you been, I said I was out, She said you're no good cause you're running without love
My mother accuses me of being unreliable and unable to love.

Cause I'm going straight to hell, Just like my momma said
With my troubled upbringing and lack of direction, I feel like I'm headed for a bad place.

The black widow and the ladies man, Met down at the laundrmat and tried to make me understand
A seductive woman and a smooth-talking man try to convince me of something at a laundromat.

The neighbors were all in a stir, About what they might have heard, And running down and shouted out it seemed
The neighborhood is abuzz with rumors and people are shouting out their opinions.

Next door a girl she lives about the same age as me, And asked me to come upstairs for a see
A girl my age invites me to come upstairs and see something at her place.

Just then her mother burst in said your that son of a bitch in the wind, Get out of my house and hit the road
The girl's mother recognizes me as trouble and kicks me out of their home.

And I kept falling like a Rolling Stones song
My life feels like it's spiraling out of control, like the chorus of a Rolling Stones song.

The stars came out and warned me so, As I walked on down the road, Fifty bucks and a suitcase steered me clear
As I leave town with limited resources, I feel like the universe is trying to warn me.

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 find comfort in the woman who offers me a way forward, even if it means going it alone without anyone else's approval.

I turned around and shouted help me mother
Despite the hope for the future, I'm still haunted by my difficult past.