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The story behind … Mindy Smith’s ‘Come to Jesus’
Mindy Smith plays Friday night at the Cactus Cafe (7:30 p.m. 24th and Guadalupe streets on the UT campus, 477-6060). Here, she tells the story behind “Come to Jesus,” from her 2004 debut “One Moment More”:
“It’s about having so many struggles as a writer. It takes (so much) just to get your voice heard. I felt like the uphill battle was getting steeper and farther and farther away from me. I was kind of looking up at the sky going, ‘Really, God, seriously?’ I was frustrated and tired of being poor. I live a little more comfortably now that I have my own place, but it’s still a struggle every day.
” ‘Come to Jesus’ is really just about survival, finding ways to survive in a tough world. I think a lot of people relate to that, and I don’t think it matters what your faith is. It’s more what you’re trying to get to than what you believe, but I believe that we have somebody helping us along the way. Even now, that’s a healing song for me.”
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