Lyrics Charlie Worsham – How I Learned To Pray
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When I was sixteen, that set of keys was a pair of wings
Daddy, pretty please, can I take her out tonight?
I swear I won’t get her over fifty-five.
With ‘Back in Black’ racing through my veins,
Don’t get me killed.
I’m pretty sure my old man will.
And seeing his face when the wrecker hauled my freedom away
That’s how I learned to pray.
It wasn’t in a church with a chapter and a verse
Some preacher made sure everybody heard
Or just some words somebody taught me to say.
I was living like I wasn’t long for the world,
Mama always said it’d take a special girl
To get a hold of me,
But I never let one get close to me.
The man upstairs must’ve heard her prayers,
‘Cause I looked up, you were standin’ there waitin’ on me
Like you were made for me.
And I knew right then and there, I’d been saved
And that’s how I learned to pray.
It wasn’t in a church with a chapter and a verse
Some preacher made sure everybody heard
Or just some words somebody taught me to say.
I can fold my hands and bow my head,
But there’s just some things that can’t be said
Without a little walk-on-water kind of faith.
And that’s how I learned to pray.
Have you ever looked up at the stars in the sky,
Felt a tug at your heart didn’t know why
Someone is up there lookin’ out for you.
Well you know just what I mean when I say Grace.
That’s how I learned to pray.
That’s how I learned to pray.