Daddy never went to church on Sunday 
He said that's one thing I'll never do 
But mama never gave up, she said one day 
"He'll be sitting here beside of me and you"

I can still hear mama softly talking 
With her tears falling on her folded hands 
So that Easter Sunday daddy walked in 
That's when I began to understand 

When mama prayed, good things happen 
When mama prayed, lives were changed 
Not much more than five foot tall 
But mountains big and small 
Crumbled all away when mama prayed 

Seventeen and wild I hit the bottle 
Doing anything I dang well please 
Burning down life's highway at full throttle 
While mama burned a candle on her knees 

Then one night I came home half sober 
I saw mama kneeling in the den 
As I listened she and Jesus talked it over 
And I knew my restless days were 'bout to end 

When mama prayed, good things happen 
When mama prayed, lives were changed 
Not much more than five foot tall 
But mountains big and small 
Crumbled all away when mama prayed 

It isn't like every one of them got answers
But the times they weren't it seems to me were rare 
You almost felt sorry for the devil 
'Cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer 
When mama prayed 

Not much more than five foot tall 
But mountains big and small 
Crumbled all away when mama prayed 
They crumbled all away when mama prayed