Lyrics

Mama wakes the day trying to forget all the things she’s done and seen
Everyday she prays to the devil for some mercy
Cuz she don’t think the good lord will forgive her just one more sin
Ohhh this climb up to the pearly gates, it’s gonna do her in

Now she’s seen all the crazy girls and their spinning around
She drove a gypsy caravan reading palms all over town
Now they say the unexamined life it ain’t the thing to see
But everyday she prays to the devil for some mercy

And now she’s living life behind the swinging doors
She gets high on the whisky and ministers to hookers and whores
And when the sun comes up she’ll be on her knees
Everyday she prays to the devil for some mercy

Mama wakes the day trying to forget all the things she’s done and seen
Everyday she prays to the devil for some mercy
Cuz she don’t think the good lord will forgive her just one more sin
Ohhh this climb up to the pearly gates, it’s gonna do her in

And now she’s living life behind the swinging doors
She gets high on the whisky and ministers to hookers and whores
And when the sun comes up she’ll be on her knees
Everyday she prays to the devil for some mercy

Everyday she prays to the devil for some mercy