For you I am praying For you I am praying For you I am praying I'm praying for you Daddy never went to church on Sunday He said that's one thing I'll never do Mama never gave up she said one day He'll be sitting here beside me and you I can still hear Mama softly talking Her tears falling on her folded hands So that Easter Sunday Daddy walked That's when I began to understand When Mama prayed, good things happened When Mama prayed, lives were changed Not much more than five foot tall But mountains big and small Crumbled all the way when Mama prayed Seventeen and wild I hit the bottom Doing and thing I dang well please Burning down life's highway at full throttle While Mama burned a candle on her knees Then one night I came home half sober I saw Mama kneeling in the den As I listened, she and Jesus talked it over And I knew my restless days were 'bout to end It isn't like every one of them got answered But the times they weren't seems to me were rare You almost felt sorry for the devil Cause heaven knows he didn't have prayer When Mama prayed Not much more than five foot tall But mountains big and small Crumbled all the way when Mama prayed Crumbled all the way when Mama prayed

Mmmhm hmmm Mmm hmmm hmm Mmhmm I thank you Lord, mama used to pray for me I thank you Lord, mama was there for me Oh yes I thank you Lord, Oh Lord, Oh you made a way for me And yes I thank you Lord, Oh you delivered me And may times I'm on the wayside and I feel so low And many times I feel like giving up but I got places to go Hey I thank you Lord, mama used to pray for me. Oh I thank you Lord, mama was there for me Thank the Lord, Oh, you made a way for me, yes you did And then I thank you Lord. Hey! you delivered me Mama your words, your words Shape my destiny, my destiny I'm so thankful for the things, the things that you told me Yes I am. I can never repay you for all you've done I remember you would say, time and time again The Lord will make a way Thank you Lord, mama used to pray for me Oh I thank the Lord, mama was there for me Thank you Lord, Oh, you made a way for me, yes you did And then I thank you Lord. Hey! you delivered me I man a say We did have it hard and still it coulda harder Mi coulda still nuh know mi father Like so much youth Mi coulda nuh have no manners, bright and out of order And mi mother coulda say she couldn't bother I thank you Lord, mama used to pray for me I thank you Lord, mama was there for me Oh yes I thank you Lord, Oh Lord, Oh you made a way for me And yes I thank you Lord, Oh you delivered me You would rock me in your bosom and pray Pray, night and day And all my worries, all my fears would fade away, fade away Hey I thank you Lord, mama used to pray for me. Oh I thank you Lord, mama was there for me Thank the Lord, Oh, you made a way for me, yes you did And then I thank you Lord. Hey! you delivered me

I've never been one to ask for help If I need a mountain moved, I'll move it myself I ain't the church pew regular, twice on Sunday Quote you the scripture kind I'm far from a preacher, but I'm a believer 'Cause every single day before, I knew your name I couldn't see your face, but I prayed for you Every heartbreak trail when all hope failed On the highway to hell, I prayed for you I kept my faith like that old King James said I'm supposed to It's hard to imagine, bigger than I could fathom I didn't know you from Adam, but I prayed for you For someone to love me like you do Graceful eyes that see me through A smile that steals me A heart that heals me, a touch that kills me too And baby, you're perfect I guess the good Lord heard it 'Cause every single day before I knew your name I couldn't see your face, but I prayed for you Every heartbreak trail when all hope fails On the highway to hell, I prayed for you I kept my faith like that old King James said I'm supposed to It's hard to imagine, bigger than I could fathom I didn't know you from Adam, but I prayed for you Every single day before I knew your name I couldn't see your, face but I prayed for you Every tail light fade in the goodbye rain Girl, even today, I pray for you I kept my faith like that old King James said I'm supposed to It's hard to imagine, bigger than I could fathom I didn't know you from Adam, but I prayed for you I prayed for you I prayed for you