On my fifth birthday
I got so upset
About the brand new bike
that I didn t get
I d prayed my heart out and it
didn t seem fair
I told my grandpa I guess
God doesn t care and He just smiled
And said my child
Make no mistake
Every prayer you pray
Get s answered
Even though
Sometimes the answer
Is no
Five years later
Out behind the shed
With a stolen pack of
Granpa s ciggerets
I struck a match
And held that first one to my lips
And prayed to God please let me
Get away with this
And through the smokey air
I saw grandpa standin there
Make no mistake
Every prayer you pray gets answered
Even though
Sometimes
The answer is no
When I think of all the answers in my life
I would have to say
There s no doubt
It was always for the best
When I didn t get my way
Well Grandpa got older
Like grandpas do
His health was feelin and I
Guess I knew
That It d be best if He was
Called on home
But selfishly I prayed to God
To keep Him hangin on
And when He passed away
In my mind I heard Him say
Make no mistake
Every prayer you pray gets answered
Even though
Sometimes the answer
Is no