Mama Was A Lot Like Jesus-Jeff Bates

[ti:Mama Was A Lot Like Jesus] [ar:Jeff Bates] [al:Leave The Light On] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mama Was A Lot Like Jesus - Jeff Bates [00:14.19]I've seen her give her last five dollars [00:17.09] [00:17.92]To a stranger on the street [00:20.33] [00:21.18]An' do without a dress she wanted [00:24.01] [00:24.68]So we'd have enough to eat [00:27.09] [00:28.21]And when the ladies at the garden club [00:31.35] [00:31.93]Looked down their nose at her [00:34.38] [00:35.41]I watched her turn the other cheek [00:38.50] [00:39.09]Without one bitter word [00:42.91] [00:44.41]Mama was a lot like Jesus [00:46.87] [00:47.77]The way she lived an' loved: [00:50.36] [00:51.30]A blessing sent from Heaven up above [00:58.22]She would pray for our forgiveness [01:01.05] [01:01.85]And sacrifice for us: [01:07.43]Mama was a lot like Jesus [01:13.16] [01:17.38]She could stretch a bag of groceries [01:20.18] [01:20.80]For two weeks to keep us fed [01:23.22] [01:24.23]An' she could take an old brown potted plant [01:27.50] [01:28.11]An' raised it from the dead [01:30.62] [01:31.41]An' her words were like a healin' touch [01:34.96]When we had a broken heart [01:37.42] [01:38.22]And when I wrestled with the devil [01:41.35] [01:42.16]She led me through the dark [01:45.54] [01:47.40]'Cause Mama was a lot like Jesus [01:49.75] [01:50.83]The way she lived an' loved: [01:53.50] [01:54.36]A blessin' sent from Heaven up above [02:01.23]She would pray for our forgiveness [02:04.33] [02:04.89]And sacrifice for us: [02:10.35]Mama was a lot like Jesus [02:15.61] [02:16.45]I've got my Daddy's eyes; [02:19.88]I've got my Daddy's hair [02:22.65] [02:24.26]But I hope my Mama's heart [02:27.49]Is inside me somewhere [02:31.83] [02:33.00]'Cause Mama was a lot like Jesus [02:35.43] [02:36.39]The way she lived an' loved: [02:39.37] [02:40.02]A blessin' sent from Heaven up above [02:47.07]She would pray for our forgiveness [02:50.60]And sacrifice for us: [02:55.82]Mama was a lot like Jesus [03:01.64] [03:02.83]My Mama was a lot like Jesus