[Intro]
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[Strophe]
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Just the other night at 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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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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I'd never ask for anything again
[Refrain]
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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
[Strophe]
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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 
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In her eyes too it seemed 
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We tried to talk about the old days 
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There wasn't much we could recall 
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I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all
[Pont]
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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
[Refrain]
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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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Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered... 
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers