Night I Learned How Not To Pray
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I was lGaying on my belly in the mCiddle of the living room fGloor
I was wEmatching Howdy Doody so I'm gAuessing it was right around fAmour D
When I sGaw my baby brother tCumbling from the top of the sCtairs Em
He was lGying limp and silent and the bDlood was trickling through his shiny hGair
When my mom sGaw my little brother she said you bCetter run and get your dGad
And her vEmoice was high and she was sAhaking so I knew this was bAmad D
Well we sGtood out by the mailbox watching hCer and dad and brother drive awCay Em
And I dGidn't waste no time I got down oDn my knees right there and IG began to pray
Well I pGrayed into the evening never eCven took the time to have a bGite
I was sEmure if I prayed hard enAough that God would make it rAmight D
We were aGt the kitchen table long past bCedtime when we finally gGot that call Em
And I kGnew that it was over when my sDister slammed that phone against the wGall C
TGhat night IC learned how nGot to pray
GEmod does what hAe wants to aAmny way D
G And I never did tell my mCother
I kGept it from my sisters and all my bCrothers
G That was the night ID learned how not to pGray C
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It was 4G1 years later when IC took my brothers pGicture out of that box
HEmung it on the wall sat acAross from him and I began to tAmalk D
WGhen the evening started I dCidn't know what I was going to sGay Em
But befGore the night was over I told them aDll about how I learned not to pGray C
TGhat night IC learned how nGot to pray
GEmod does what GAod wants to Am don't he any way D
G And I never did tell my mCother
I kGept it from my sisters and all my bCrothers
G That was the night ID learned how not to pGray C
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