[ti:Unanswered Prayers] [ar:Garth Brooks] [al:No Fences] [offset:500] [00:03.47]Unanswered Prayers [00:06.94]Written by: Pat Alger, Larry Bastian, Garth Brooks [00:08.59] [00:10.36]Just the other night a hometown football game [00:16.50]My wife nd I ran into my old high school flame [00:23.26]And as I introduced them the past came back to me [00:29.30]And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be [00:36.15] [00:38.26]She was the one that I'd wanted for all times [00:44.31]And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine [00:50.82]And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then [00:56.91]I'd never ask for anything again [01:05.01]Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers [01:13.43]Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs [01:19.14]That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care [01:27.86]Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers [01:42.93]She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams [01:48.90]And I could tell that time had changed me [01:52.33]Inn her eyes too it seemed [01:55.33]We tried to talk about the old days [01:58.65]There wasn't much we could recall [02:01.75]I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all [02:11.86]And as she walked away and I looked at my wife [02:18.06]And then and there I thankedd the good Lord [02:21.46]For the gifts in my life [02:27.73]Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers [02:35.91]Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs [02:41.69]That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care [02:50.55]Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers [02:55.08]Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered... [03:03.40]Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers