Lyrics

Now, I Lay Me Down - A Soldiers Prayer

God, I'd love to take the garbage out
Every thursday night
I want to wash the dinner dishes
Fix that broken back porch light
At 2 am feed and change the baby
Then rock her back to sleep
But, 'til I get back home again
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

I lay me down on this old army cot
Beside my rifle, not my wife
I should be with her, but I'm not
Lord I pray, for one more day
Just to keep me around
Now, I lay me down
Now, I lay me down

God, I'd love to go back to that job
With the boss I hate
I want to sit in the morning traffic
When I'm already running late
I want to pay too much for gasoline
Anymore, seems nothings cheap
So, 'til I get back home again
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Now, I lay me down on this old army cot
Beside my rifle, not my wife
I should be with her, but I'm not
Lord I pray, for one more day
Just to keep me around
Now, I lay me down
Now, I lay me down

All the times I spent complaining
Everything I used to dread
I'd give anything right now
If I could just be there instead.

Lay me down on this old army cot
Beside my rifle, not my wife
I should be with her, but I'm not
Lord I pray, for one more day
Just to keep me around
Now, I lay me down
Now, I lay me down

Lord I pray, for one more day
To just keep me around
Now I lay me down
Now I lay me down

�© 2007 Ken L Moulden, Rich Fehle, Billy Davis