This one′s for the ones who made it out But never really left
Mama raised a hellraiser… Born rough cold nights hometown fists up
Sixteen with a chip on my shoulder Watching grown men turn the ghost off the bottle
Kicking up dust with the older boys Learning real quick about pain and noise
Every word that was told to me felt like truth carved in oak
And concrete never held a gun I was scared to use
Learned early who you win or lose Trust don′t come where the lines get blurred
Where love gets quiet and hate gets heard School bells rang but I didn′t stay
Had a fast track running the other way Burning down roads with a half tank dream
Laughing loud but dying unseen
Lord can you hear me now Got my hand on the wheel trying not to spin out
Mama raised a hellraiser… yeah I stayed that way
Blue lights flashing but I never prayed
Mama raised a hellraiser… roads getting colder
Lord be my savior… weight on my shoulders
Mama raised a hellraiser… heart like a storm
Lord be my savior… been fighting since born
Mama raised a hellraiser… can′t slow down
Lord be my savior… before I drown
Tell me Lord do you see this life?
Every wrong turn every sleepless night
Seems like the good ones fade away
While the broken ones just learn to stay
I seen young boys turn into time
Still bars and a number no second line
Let us say it′s all okay
But truth don′t read like the words we say
Got a buddy barely seventeen
Lost his soul to a county scene
Another one drowning in a glass
Trying to outrun a haunted past
Lord I tried to walk that line
But the past keeps calling every time
And every road I take just bends
Right back where it all began
Mama raised a hellraiser… still that man
Praying you forgive me for the life I ran
Mama raised a hellraiser… roads getting colder
Lord be my savior… weight on my shoulders
Mama raised a hellraiser… heart like a storm
Lord be my savior… been fighting since born
Mama raised a hellraiser… can′t slow down
Lord be my savior… before I drown
Dear Lord it′s me again
Still fighting wars I can′t defend
Trying to be better than I was before
But that devil keeps knocking at my door
Got anger sitting in my chest like a loaded round
I can′t suppress some nights I lose control
Some nights I′m digging my own hole
Seeing things I can′t unsee
They follow like a shadow over me
And I wonder if I′ll ever change
Or if I′m just wearing different chains
If I fall when my time comes
Let me rest where the river runs
Not judged by the man I was
But the fight I gave just because
Even in the dark I try
Still got that fire I can′t deny
Mama raised a hellraiser… yeah that′s true
But I′m still reaching out to you
Mama raised a hellraiser… I ain′t proud
Lord be my saviour, hear me now
Mama raised a hellraiser, worn and torn
Lord be my saviour, tired and worn
Mama raised a hellraiser
Still I pray
Lord be my saviour, show me a way
