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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

 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

 I'd never ask for anything again

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 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 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

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 Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers

 Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs

 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