God's Will

Album: Martina (2003)
Charted: 85
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  • I met God's Will on a Halloween night
    He was dressed as a bag of leaves
    It hid the braces on his legs at first

    His smile was as bright as the August sun
    When he looked at me
    As he struggled down the driveway
    It almost made me hurt

    Will don't walk too good
    Will don't talk too good
    He won't do the things that the other kids do, in our neighborhood

    I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'
    Lost and lookin' all my life
    I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated
    I've wrestled wrong and right
    He was a boy without a father
    And his mother's miracle
    I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'
    I guess I would be still
    Yeah, that was until
    I knew God's Will

    Will's mom had to work two jobs
    We'd watch him when she had to work late
    And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed since I don't know when

    Hey Jude was his favorite song
    At dinner he'd ask to pray
    And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him

    I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'
    Lost and lookin' all my life
    I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated
    Wrestled wrong and right
    He was a boy without a father
    And his mother's miracle
    I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'
    I guess I would be still
    Yeah, that was until
    I knew God's Will

    Before they moved to California
    His mother said, they didn't think he'd live
    And she said each day that I have him
    Well it's just another gift
    And I never got to tell her
    That the boy showed me the truth
    In crayon red, on notebook paper
    He'd written me and God love you

    I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded
    I guess I would be still
    Yeah that was until
    I met God's Will on a Halloween night
    He was dressed as a bag of leaves Writer/s: BARRY DEAN, TOM DOUGLAS
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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  • Emotionsinwriting0326 from Cold Lake, AlbertaThis Song and The story behind the writing left me speechless.
  • Diana Maria Eisner from Randolph WiI love this song.
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