UNANSWERED PRAYER

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Just the other night and a hometown football game
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My wife and I ran into my old high school 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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She was the one that I'd wanted for all times
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A And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine
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And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
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Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
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Remember when you're talkin' 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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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers
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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 There 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 I looked at my wife
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And then and there I thanked the good Lord
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For the gifts in my life
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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

ANGELS AMONG US
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VERSE 1:
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I was walking home from school on a cold winter day,

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Took a shortcut through the woods and I lost my way

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It was getting late and I was scared and alone,

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But then a kind old man took my hand and led me home.
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My Mama couldn't see him, oh but he was standing there

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And I knew in my heart he was the answer to my prayer

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Ohhhh I believe there are angels among us,

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Sent down to us from somewhere up above

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They come to you and me in our darkest hours

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To show us how to live, To teach us how to give,

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To guide us with a light of love

VERSE 2:
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When Life had troubled times, and had me down on my knees,

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There's always been someone to come along and comfort me

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A kind word from a stranger, to lend a helping hand,

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A phone call from a friend, just to say I understand

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Now ain't it kind of funny, at the dark end of the road,

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Someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope.

CHORUS
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They wear so many faces,

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They show up in the strangest places.

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They grace us with their mercies in our time of need.

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To guide us with a light of love

To guide us with a light of love