Prayer II

I thank you Lord for my birth, and everything that's followed

I thank you Lord for today, and I will pray for tomorrow

I thank you Lord for the love of my life and a friend

I mad a promise-and I'm loving my wife till the end

I thank you Lord for you guidance, 'cause it's all that counts

And right here, right now? Lord, this is your house

I thank you Lord for a dream that came true to light

And I ask you to bless everybody in this room tonight

I don't always do the right thing, and I ask you to forgive me

'Cause I need you here with me

Without you in my life, it's empty

I think back how some people did me like violence was the remedy

And because I think of of that now, I pray for my enemy

Not because of what I'll do, but because they don't know

There's something better after here, but everybody won't go

So I ask you to forgive them, and we'll hope they see

And I thank you for the love that they've given to me

I will not abuse it, nor will I lead them astray

You see I love 'em like children that I see every day

And I pray...No, we pray together

If you get us throught the bad weather, and we love you forever

Let your thought and my heart go hand in hand

I first thought "But to start?" But I stand a man

And for as long as I can, as long as you permit me

Please give me the strength I need to live

Bear with me

Amen