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Just the other night and 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

CHORUS:
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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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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

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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

CHORUS:
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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 may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered...
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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