I never sat alone in my pain
Waiting for help - waiting in vain --
For Mama was there with sweet soothing words
Wisdom to lend when I finally heard.
Oh, how I love the guidance she gave
Helping her child to be brave...
My Mother’s prayers came from a loving heart,
My Mother’s prayers help me to stand apart.
Choosing my way in careful deeds
I stood alone - but not in need -
For she was there with her Mother’s prayer.
Each race I won - Mama was there,
Cheering me on - saying her prayer,
And when I fell, bleeding and bruised,
I could look up to that face I knew -
Shining with hope - telling me true
"I’ll always be there for you."
My Mother’s prayers filled me with hope again,
My Mother’s prayers made her my dearest friend,
And in my prayer I called her name
Again and again - I know the gain -
I’m only here because of Mama’s prayers.
My Mother’s eyes let His love shine through -
Her deep desires were His wishes too ...
Sometimes at night when I’m all alone
I hear a voice - much like my own -
Saying a prayer, making a plea,
Just like my Mom did for me...
My Mother’s prayers - hallowed forevermore -
My Mother’s prayer - echo from Heaven’s shore,
My Mother’s prayer I hear again
And say them when my child’s in need -
Love’s always there - in a Mother’s prayer....
Love’s always there - in a Mother’s prayer.
Where are you from they ask of me
I hesitate not to reply
For I recall what I used to be
But that used to be did die
In death beneath a Cross I lay
All that my life was before
Then calmly rise to really live
Peace found forevermore
And even though in earthly birth
When ask this thing to write
Is hard not to shout about
The place I made things right
My oh my to truly know
What Christ had done for man
Is more than tongue or pen can tell
To say it again and again
If at His Cross you have found
Then you know that I'm not lying
If they ask the place I was born
I say my birthplace is Zion
