(D/*?, mfb Garth Brooks: by Brooks,Bastian,Alger) disclaimer
Verse 1
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Just the other night at 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
Verse 2
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She was the one that I wanted for all times
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and each night I spent praying that God would make her mine.
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And if He'd only grant me this wish I'd wished back then
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I'd never ask for anything a-gain.
Chorus
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Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.
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Remember when you're talking 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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'cause some of God's greatest gifts [are unanswered prayers.]
(Last Time to Ending)
Verse 3
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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 in her eyes, too it seemed.
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We tried to talk about the old day. It wasn't much we could re-call
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I guess the Lord knows what'he's doin' after all.
Bridge
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And as she walked away and I looked at my wife
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And then and there I thanked the good Lord for the gifts in my life
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... 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