She Prayed Him Home


V1
An amber alert went out
On that summer night
For a eight-year-old boy
Blonde hair and blue eyes
Everybody in the town
Showed up to help out
His mother dropped to her knees
That's where she broke down

Chorus:
She prayed him home
She cried out, begging
Saying I'll do anything
Just bring him home to me
And somehow he was found
Unharmed and she knew
She prayed him home

V2
It was ten years later
He was a grown man
A week after graduation he made
A commitment to Uncle Sam
Oh how she worried
When she got the news her baby boy
Was shipping out to the middle east
She cried and hit her knees

Chorus:
And she prayed him home
Every night that he was gone
Oh, she prayed him home
Oh Lord keep your guiding hand
On him, keep his safe from harm
She wrote letters every day he was gone
And she prayed him home

V3
And she dreaded the day
She knew would come
Called to her father's side
Intensive care, room 305
She knew he was hurting
She knew he was weak
And the last thing she wanted to do
Was what he needed

Chorus:
And she prayed him home
Though it broke her heart
She asked the Lord to take him
In His everlasting arms
To take his pain, and give him wings
And it hurt her so
She knew it meant letting go
But she prayed him home

And in that last moment
He told her he loved her
It was solid gold
She prayed him home
She prayed him home
She prayed him home