Unanswered Prayers

INTRO:               Just the other night and a hometown football game      My wife and I ran into my old high school flame       And as I introduced them the past came back to me And I couldn’t help but think of the way things used to be      She was the one that I’d wanted for all times       A And each night I’d spend prayin’ that God would make her mine And if he’d only grant me this wish I wished back then A I’d never ask for anything again        CHORUS: Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers       Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs                                                       (dim)   That just because he doesn’t answer doesn’t mean he don’t care Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers                She wasn’t quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams And I could tell that time had changed me  In her eyes too it seemed   We tried to talk about the old days There wasn’t much we could recall I guess the Lord knows what he’s doin’ after all       And as she walked away I looked at my wife And then and there I thanked the good Lord For the gifts in my life      CHORUS: Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs                                                       (dim)   That just because he may not answer doesn’t mean he don’t care Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered... Some of God’s greatest gifts are all too often unanswered... Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers