Mama Prays-Chris Rice

[ti:Mama Prays] [ar:Chris Rice] [al:Short Term Memories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mama Prays - Chris Rice [00:02.03]Prayers went on but it never came down [00:04.79]Prayers went on but it never came down [00:07.72]Prayers went on but it never came down [00:11.60] [00:13.72]Prayers went on but it never came down [00:16.41]Prayers went on but it never came down [00:19.22]Prayers went on but it never came down [00:21.91] [00:25.47]My memories of my brothers and me [00:30.03]Make me marvel at the way the years went by [00:35.09] [00:37.41]Here we are how'd we ever get this far [00:42.35]I wonder how and I wonder why [00:46.72] [00:48.60]Then I recall what these boys often saw [00:53.16]When we would stop to look at mom and daddy's door [00:57.97] [01:00.22]They'd bow their heads while they knelt beside their bed [01:05.10]And we could hear them lift our names before the Lord [01:10.66]Mama prayed and Jesus stood beside us [01:16.53]Daddy prayed and the devil had to run [01:21.59] [01:22.16]God looked down and his angels guarded [01:26.03]Through the harder days [01:28.66] [01:29.34]'Cause mama prayed and daddy prayed [01:33.41]Prayers went on but it never came down [01:35.66]Prayers went on but it never came down [01:38.48]Prayers went on but it never came down [01:41.73] [01:44.98]Now the boys are grown raising boys of their own [01:49.85]In a world a little darker than before [01:54.54] [01:56.54]But the prayers go on every night and every dawn [02:00.91]'Cause they still bow and lift our names before the lord [02:06.54]Mama prays and Jesus stands beside us [02:12.60]Daddy prays and the devil has to run [02:18.42]God looks down and his angels guard us [02:22.23]Through the harder days [02:24.91] [02:25.54]'Cause mama prays and daddy prays [02:29.48]Prayers went on but it never came down [02:32.05]Prayers went on but it never came down [02:34.93]Prayers went on but it never came down [02:37.92] [02:42.93]Mama prays and Jesus stands beside me [02:48.80]Daddy prays and the devil has to run [02:54.74]As God looks down and his angels guard me [02:58.24]Through the harder days [03:01.55]'Cause mama prays and daddy prays [03:06.74]And Jesus stands beside me [03:10.42]Mama prays and the devil has to run [03:15.86]God looks down and his angels guard me [03:19.92]Through the harder days [03:23.48] [03:24.78]'Cause mama prays and daddy prays [03:31.22] [03:33.97]Mama prays [03:37.47] [03:39.28]And daddy prays [03:42.11] [03:45.17]Mama prays [03:46.18]Prayers went on but it never came down [03:49.36] [03:51.92]Prayers went on but it never came down [03:54.45]And daddy keeps praying [03:57.42] [03:59.92]And daddy keeps praying [04:01.58] [04:03.45]Prayers went on but it never came down [04:06.07]Prayers went on but it never came down