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On my fifth birthday
I got so upset
About the brand new bike
that I didn't get
I'd prayed my heart out and it
didn't seem fair
I told my grandpa I guess
God doesn't care and He just smiled
And said my child
Make no mistake
Every prayer you pray
Get's answered
Even though
Sometimes the answer
Is no
Five years later
Out behind the shed
With a stolen pack of
Granpa's ciggerets
I struck a match
And held that first one to my lips
And prayed to God please let me
Get away with this
And through the smokey air
I saw grandpa standin' there
Make no mistake
Every prayer you pray gets answered
Even though
Sometimes
The answer is no
When I think of all the answers in my life
I would have to say
There's no doubt
It was always for the best
When I didn't get my way
Well Grandpa got older
Like grandpas do
His health was feelin and I
Guess I knew
That It'd be best if He was
Called on home
But selfishly I prayed to God
To keep Him hangin on
And when He passed away
In my mind I heard Him say
Make no mistake
Every prayer you pray gets answered
Even though
Sometimes the answer
Is no