Unanswered Prayers

Garth Brooks · The Ultimate Hits [2007]

Just the other night

At a hometown football game

My wife and I ran into

My old highschool 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

And each night I'd spend prayin'

That God would make her mine

And if He'd only granted me

This wish I'd wished back then

I'd never ask for anything again



Sometimes I thank God

For unanswered prayers

Remember when you're talkin'

To the man upstairs

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 doing after all



And as she walked away

Well I looked at my wife

And then and there I thanked the good Lord

For the gifts in my life



Sometimes I thank God

For unanswered prayers

Remember when you're talkin'

To the man upstairs

And just because He may not answer

Doesn't mean He don't care!

Some of Gods greatest gifts

are unanswered....

Some of Gods greatest gifts

are all too often unanswered...

Some of God's greatest gifts are

Unanswered Prayers!