Unanswered prayers
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1. Just the other night at a hometown football
game
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my wife
and I ran into my old highschool
flame.
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And as I
introduced them, the past came back to me,
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and I
couldn't help but think of the way things used to be.
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2.
She was the one that I`d wanted for all times,
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and each
night I spent praying that God would make her
mine.
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And if
He'd only grant me this wish, I'd wished back then,
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I'd never
ask for anything again.
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Sometimes I thank God for
unanswered prayers.
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Remember
when you're talking to the man
upstairs,
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that just because He doesn't answer, doesn't mean He don't care -
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'cause
some of God's greatest gifts
are unanswered prayers.
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3. She wasn't quite the angel that I
remembered in my dreams.
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and I
could tell that time had changed me in her eyes, too, it seemed.
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We tried
to talk about the old days, it wasn't much we could recall.
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I guess
the Lord knows what'he's doin' after all.
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And as she
walked away and I looked at my wife,
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and then
and there I thanked the good Lord for the gifts in my life.
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Sometimes I thank God for
unanswered prayers.
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Remember
when you're talking to the man
upstairs,
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that just because He may not answer, doesn't mean He don't care -
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'cause some
of God's greatest gifts are
unanswered,
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Some of
God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered,
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some of
God's greatest gifts are
unanswered prayers.
(capo 2nd) (Garth Brooks)