Country ballad written by Hopkins/Brown/ and Preston. Sung by Mark D. Preston
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Story behind the song
This tells the story of a return to innocence at the end of life.
Lyrics
Now I Lay Me Down © 2009 Janice Hopkins/Greg C. Brown/Mark D. Preston
My tiny angel down on her knees
Elbows propped up on her bed
Ten little fingers laced in prayer
From the door I heard the words she said
God bless Mommy….God bless Daddy
Baby brother, fluffy too
Please keep the world a loving, happy place
I know it’s something only you can do
And then she prayed…..
Now I Lay Me Down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
My Dad ran out when I was twelve
Twenty years again we’d meet
He smelled of wine, an empty shell
I watched him stagger down the street
Someone said they heard him pray
His bloodshot eyes were wet with tears
He cursed the dark, begged forgiveness then
Said my God I’ve wasted all these years
And then he cried…
Now I Lay Me Down in pain
Like my clothes my soul is stained
Soon they’ll lay me in my grave
I pray my soul can still be saved
Two years later in the ICU
Heartaches swelled inside my throat
He turned and whispered toward his last sunset
The final words Daddy ever spoke
And then he prayed…
Now I Lay Me Down to die
It’s not for me to question why
Lord I think I understand
Belief in You was Your great plan
Now I Lay Me Down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take….
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