Mama Prays

(Prayers went up and they never came down)
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 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
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 My memories
 Of my brothers and me
 Make me
 Marvel at the way the years went by
 Here we are
 How'd we ever get this far
 I wonder how
 And I wonder why
 When I recall what these boys often sung
 And we would stop to look at Mom and Daddy's door
 They'd bow their heads
 While they knelt beside their bed
 And we could hear them lift our names before the Lord
 Momma prayed
 And Jesus stood beside us
 Daddy prayed
 And the devil had to run
 God looked down
 And his angles guarded
 Through the harder days
 'Cause Momma prayed
 And Daddy prayed
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 Now the boys are grown
 Raising boys of their own
 In a world a little darker than before
 But the prayers go on
 Every night and every dawn
 'Cause they still bow and lift our names before the Lord
 Momma prays
 And Jesus stands beside us
 Daddy prays
 And the devil has to run
 'Cause God looks down
 And his angles guards us
 Through the harder days
 'Cause Momma prays
 And Daddy prays
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 Momma prays
 And Jesus stands beside me
 Daddy prays
 And the devil has to run
 'Cause God looks down
 And his angles guard me
 Through the harder days (harder days)
 'Cause Momma prays
 And Daddy prays
 And Jesus stands beside me
 Momma prays
 And the devil has to run
 God looks down
 And his angles guard me
 Through the harder days (harder days, harder days)
 'Cause Momma prays
 And Daddy prays (prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down) Momma prays
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 And Daddy prays
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down) Momma prays
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)
 (Prayers went up and they never came down)