Expert: Mel Priddle - 10/4/2008

Question
i remember hearing this song in the early eighties but can't seem to find it the chorus goes something like " jesus and mom have always loved me, even when the devil took control. do you know the title and artist?

Answer
Hello Ralph,

That was "Jesus and Mama" by the Confederate Railroad.


I made a wish upon a star
I could have a brand new car
Got tired of wishing
So I stole one

Seventeen and knew it all
My dreams were big but my thoughts were small
So many roads somehow I chose
The wrong one

But Jesus and mama always loved me
Even when the devil took control
Jesus and mama always loved me
This I know

I felt tried most all my life
Found new kinds of lows and highs
Never been a husband but I had a lot of wives
To hold me

Headstrong, stubborn, couldn't be told
Like a wild horse that couldn't be rode
A rainbow chaser hungry for gold
And still searchin'

But Jesus and mama always loved me
Even when the devil took control
Jesus and mama always loved me
This I know

I wish mom could see me now
And how I've turned it all around
Lately I've been going down
The right road

Life's a picture that you paint
With blues and grays and cans of canvas
Heaven knows I'm not a saint
But I know

But Jesus and mama always loved me
Even when the devil took control
Jesus and mama always loved me
This I know


Glad to be of help. Cheers........Mel.