Here's one that Greg and I wrote that many of you may have read on the lyric boards. Mark Preston came in on this one and here is the results.

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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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