[Verse 1]

Mama put brother on the prayer list

When he got caught smoking that pot

Daddy found out, first thing he could grab

And he whipped him with a Zebco rod

When we messed up, she'd fill us up

With the scripture and a baptist hymn

And she prayed we’d be a little more like her

And whole lotta less like him

[Chorus]

Mama loved Jesus, Daddy loved Jack Daniels

She was red-letter Heaven, he was Old No. 7

Between the two of 'em, wasn't nothing they couldn’t handle

Mama loved Jesus, Daddy loved Jack Daniels

[Verse 2]

He hated how she never had no fun

She hated how he had too much

I got a little bit from both of them

A little Bible and a little buzz

I wound up turning out, smack dab in-between

His taste for Lynchburg and her grace from John 3:16

[Chorus]

Mama loved Jesus, Daddy loved Jack Daniels

She was red-letter Heaven, he was Old No. 7

Between the two of 'em, wasn't nothing they couldn't handle

Mama loved Jesus, Daddy loved Jack Daniels

[Bridge]

I'm a little "Hell yeah," I'm a little "Hallelujah"

If there's a stool or a pew, I might sit down next to ya

[Chorus]

Mama loved Jesus, Daddy loved Jack Daniels

She was red-letter Heaven, he was Old No. 7

Between the two of 'em, wasn’t nothing they couldn’t handle

Mama loved Jesus, Daddy loved Jack Daniels