How I Learned to Pray - Charlie Worsham

When I was sixteen, that set of keys was a pair of wings

Daddy, pretty please, can I take a ride tonight?

I swear I won’t get her over fifty-five

Was Back in Black racing through my veins, last thing I thought

Was a flip in this thing gonna get me killed

I’m pretty sure my old man will

And seeing his face when the wrecker hauled my freedom away

That’s how I learned to pray

It wasn’t in a church, with a chapter and a verse

Some preacher made sure everybody heard

Or just some words somebody taught me to say

I was living like I was (?), mama always said

It’d take a special girl to get a hold of me

But I never let one get close to me

The man upstairs must’ve heard her prayer

Cause I looked up, you were standin' there waitin' on me

Like you were made for me

And I knew right then and there, I’d been saved

And that’s how I learned to pray

It wasn’t in a church, with a chapter and a verse

Some preacher made sure everybody heard

Or just some words somebody taught me to say

I can fold my hands and bow my head

But there’s just some things that can’t be said

Without a little walk on water kind of faith

And that’s how I learned to pray

Have you ever looked up at the stars in the sky, felt a tug at your heart

Didn’t know why but you just knew

Someone is up there lookin' out for you

Well you know just what I mean when I say Grace

That’s how I learned to pray

That’s how I learned to pray