Keep Me God Lyrics - Iris Dement

It was a long time ago, I was a girl 'bout 12 years old 

on my back staring up into the dark summer sky 

when I said, "God, tomorrow I can't see 

but I'll stick close to you if you'll stick close to me!" 

and that night I prayed "Keep me God! Keep me God." 

Now, I don't know just where God lives 

ain't all that sure just exactly who God is 

I don't know if there's a church 

that deserves to take God's name 

I just know that when I look around here I see 

the hand of someone or something 

that is bigger than me 

and I call that God 

and then I pray "Just, keep me God" 

I'm in a plane up in the sky 

A storm surrounds us as we fly 

and below, the big black ocean is all that I can see 

When all at once I realize: Don't really matter if I live or even if I die 

Just so long as you keep me God 

Now, when my days draw to an end 

and I've said goodbye to my family and friends 

When the tide that turns my life is standing still 

as I turn my final bend, I betcha I'm gonna be asking even then 

Keep me God, keep me God, keep me God 

Keep me God, keep me God, keep me God