oh i was just a young one when i heard my mother pray i d never fall away and where we came from we didn t have much but she knew the secret to having everything and she prayed take this child of mine keep him in your hands and now i m 33 looking at this path behind me and all you ve brought me through and i ve made my mistakes i ve caused my share of heartache but i have seen a mother s prayer come true oh lord my heart still belongs to you now i look on those young lives stare in those precious eyes and i understand why my mother prayed for us she never gave up and i know her prayers for me they taught me to believe so i pray take this child of mine and let me live to hear them say i m 33 looking at this path behind me and all you ve brought me through and i ve made my mistakes i ve caused my share of heartache but i have seen a father s prayer come true oh lord my heart still belongs to you oh i m 33 and god i see how much i need you now and there s a prayer that carries me through every day of doubt lord i want to be the kind of man who passes down a legacy of faith and love that s never burning out oh i m 33 and i still feel those prayers around me and all they ve brought me through