Sweet Mama-The Respectables

[ti:Sweet Mama] [ar:The Respectables] [al:Sweet Mama] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sweet Mama - The Respectables [00:17.93]I left my home up in Canada [00:21.96]And headed down south to see the mardi gras [00:26.13]Met a Louisiana queen in some faded jeans [00:30.46]She showed me how to do it down in New Orleans [00:34.77]She had a Jesus statue in her motor home [00:39.11]A lady concerned I had never known [00:43.66]I couldn't be a saint when she came marching in [00:47.81]With those faded blue jeans said let the joy begin [00:52.05]She was a sweet mama [00:54.69]Not a rolling stone [00:56.55]I guess she didn't wanna be alone [01:00.63] [01:01.41]Looking for a man to call her own [01:05.53]But she couldn't get Jesus on the telephone [01:09.32] [01:18.48]We skipped the jambalaya and the carnival [01:22.79]Clean forgot about my mama back in montré al [01:27.07]Cause she blew my mind like a hurricane [01:31.20] [01:31.84]And soaked me down just like the Louisiana rain [01:35.85] [01:36.60]Sweet mama not a rolling stone [01:40.12] [01:40.71]I guess she didn't wanna be alone [01:44.84]Looking for a man to call her own [01:48.91]But she couldn't get Jesus on the telephone [01:53.13] [01:54.05]We let the good times roll as the band played on [01:59.82] [02:02.51]Just one more song and I have to be gone [02:07.75] [02:09.47]Oh such a night [02:10.93] [02:28.62]Now I'm back in cold Canada [02:32.08] [02:32.74]Just a young man dreamin bout the mardi gras [02:36.58] [02:37.12]But I know what it means to miss New Orleans [02:41.18]And that god fearing woman with her faded jeans [02:45.50]She was a sweet mama [02:47.76]Not a rolling stone [02:49.69] [02:50.46]I guess she didn't wanna be alone [02:54.74]Looking for a man to call her own [02:58.90]But she couldn't get Jesus on the telephone [03:02.94] [03:04.11]Sweet mama [03:05.92] [03:07.74]Sweet sweet mama [03:10.31] [03:12.66]Sweet mama [03:14.83] [03:16.28]Sweet sweet mama [03:18.86] [03:21.44]Sweet mama [03:23.32] [03:25.70]A sweet mama [03:27.64] [03:30.14]Sweet mama [03:32.17] [03:33.33]Sweet sweet mama