Mama Prays Lyrics - Chris Rice

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

My memories of my brothers and me 

Make me marvel at the way the years went by 

Here we are, how'd we ever get this far? 

I wonder how, and I wonder why 

Then I recall what these boys often saw 

When we would stop to look at mom and daddy's door 

They'd bow their heads while they knelt beside their bed 

And we could hear them lift our names before the Lord 

Mama prayed and Jesus stood beside us 

Daddy prayed and the devil had to run 

God looked down, and his angels guarded through the harder days 

'Cause mama prayed and daddy prayed 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Now the boys are grown, raising boys of their own 

In a world a little darker than before 

But the prayers go on every night and every dawn 

'Cause they still bow and lift our names before the lord 

Mama prays and Jesus stands beside us 

Daddy prays and the devil has to run 

God looks down and his angels guard us through the harder days 

'Cause mama prays and daddy prays 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Mama prays and Jesus stands beside me 

Daddy prays and the devil has to run 

As God looks down and his angels guard me through the harder days 

'Cause mama prays and daddy prays 

And Jesus stands beside me 

Mama prays and the devil has to run 

God looks down and his angels guard me through the harder days 

'Cause mama prays and daddy prays 

Mama prays 

And daddy prays 

Mama prays 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

And daddy keeps praying 

And daddy keeps praying 

Prayers went on but it never came down 

Prayers went on but it never came down