Mary's Song

Alright, this is gonna sound a little weird if you don't know the story behind it, so I'm gonna just give you a little background information. I was raised in a very, I guess you'd say, pretty strict religious home. My dad was a pastor, and I'm not saying that was a bad thing at all. Actually saying there was a lot of good things that came out of that. And one thing that a lot of you may not know, some of you know my mom, a few of you in this room here tonight. Her name's Mary. And I just got thinking, you know, it's interesting growing up in a house where every day you wake up and when you come out of your room you find that your mom is like reading her Bible or praying or journaling or something. It's not an experience a lot of people have in life. So as a Mother's Day song, I wrote this. It's a conversation with Mary, the mother of Jesus, about my mother, Mary, the mother of Rick Lee James. So, uh, all right.

Hey Mary, Jesus' mom, I don't know if you can hear, but did you know my mother's Mary too? I know you never met, but I'm sure you'd like her well, 'cause I'm finding out that she's a lot like you. Inside you, Jesus grew. You came to love him well. He was the bread of life, discovering that way. Mary, my mom, is a saint, you know. She prayed each day that I'd become like him. You were the first to show up us how to carry Christ inside. My mother was the first one to show me. And I bet my mother knows your son almost as well as you, 'cause she talks to him every single day. Hey Mary, I know you pray for Jesus every day. Watched him as he grew to know God's will. Mary, my mom prayed for me