Which Way to Pray - T. Graham Brown

A little girl down on her knees

Saying «I lay me down to sleep

Lord bless us with a happy home

And please make Daddy leave me alone.»

Cause the way he kisses her goodnight

She knows that something’s just not right

Does she ask for things to be okay?

Or ask for wings to fly away?

It’s hard for her to know which way to pray

She’s made it through those troubled years

But she’s not through with pain and tears

Cause it seems the man she chose

Has a side that no one knows

Her makeup hides the tell-tale scars

But not the wounds inside her heart

Does she ask the Lord for strength to stay?

Or ask for help to get away?

Sometimes it’s hard to know which way to pray

Lord perhaps our only prayer

Should simply ask that you be there

To give us comfort when we’ve lost our way

Cause sometimes it’s hard to know which way to pray

The preacher called and said, «Come home

I’m afraid your Daddy’s almost gone»

Hate in your heart is no way to live

Comes a time when you’ve got to forgive

Suddenly she was ten years old

She fought the tears and searched her soul

Should she ask the Lord to ease his pain?

Or ask for angels to take him away?

Sometimes it’s hard to know which way to pray

Cause life is never black and white

There’s so many shades of gray

Oh sometimes we just don’t know which way to pray

Yeah sometimes we just don’t know which way to pray

Mmmm