Obscure 70s or 80s rock song needs title, artist

I inherited this song on a minidisc and have no idea of the artist, but guessing the band is American or Canadian. Male vocalist, sweet harmonies, moderate hard pop rock, not heavy.

Searching on Google for snippets of lyrics has been fruitless for the one song in particular I'm writing about.

It's the last song on an MD that begins with Schlitz commercials, includes some Kenny Rogers and Aztec Two Step. The lyrics, I can't quite discern the first line of the chorus, go something like:

(Chorus)
Sweet [neva?] lightning
it's so damn frightening
so real, so wonderful, so nice
Sweet [neva?] lightning
the world is widening
c'mon now momma
we're gonna throw those dice
(End Chorus)

I know that it's crazy
a baby's a baby
and there's a million born everyday
but here we are stalling
when nature is calling
checking our emotional state
ooh, do we have the patience to give?
do we have the clearness of mind?

(Chorus)

Remember your mother
she was a trauma
how she used to get so upset
Remember your poppa
so upright and proper
there's so much now that he must regret
they tried to teach you their truth
but you couldn't feel it inside

(Chorus)

Now how will we reach him
what will we teach him
there's so much we don't comprehend
with all of our hoping
just settle for coping
or will our feelings meet in the end
I want to help him break through
but sometimes I just can't see the light

(Chorus)

[neva?] could be "never", "naval" or something similar, though nothing seems to make sense. In fact I'm not sure it's "sweet" either.

It's power pop, kind of Rolling Stones, Flaming Groovies, Elton John, Alex Chilton groove.

Anyway, to satisfy my musical curiosity, I'd sure appreciate an artist, song.

It's called "Sweet Naval Lightning" by Tim Moore on his 2004 album, Behind the Eyes [Japan Bonus Track] . I did not find a copy of the lyrics but check out the attached link for more info:

Behind the Eyes [Japan Bonus Track]: Information from Answers.com

Not quite...it's "Sweet NAVEL Lightning" which makes a lot of sense now that I think about the lyrics. (I could never figure out why the songwriter would use NAVAL.)

Using the correct song title produced a few more hits including the two-fer reissue CD that contains his first two albums at a bargain price:

Amazon.com: Tim Moore/Behind the Eyes: Music: Tim Moore

(Also at CD Universe - I think I'll pick it up.)

It seems Tim played in early bands of Todd Rundgren (Woody's Truck Stop) and Darryl Hall (Gulliver), too, and wrote hits for Art Garfunkel and Bay City Rollers.

Thanks, atmaster!

Anytime
Sorry about the typo (not sure that either spelling makes sense to me)