the lord works in a strange way there ain t no doubt man he s gonna make a man of me he s gonna straighten me out somehow was 27 years old that summer just having myself a ball working on a record deal playing the bars and the concert halls making money to just watch it burn living day by day stayed out late drinking way too much i didn t act my age but life turned on a dime when she said you re gonna be a daddy come winter time the lord works in a strange way there ain t no doubt man he s gonna make a man of me he s gonna straighten me out somehow the lord works in a strange way heaven knows he s planning on a miracle man i wonder how it s gonna go the lord works in a strange way man i never saw the changes coming they caught me unaware one day i was wild as a buck the next i was a teddy bear put down the bottle bout month before and i put down the cigarettes started holding my wife a little tighter and saying the prayers i used to forget now i look into those baby blue eyes and i find all the peace i ve been searching for yeah i finally realized the lord works in a strange way there ain t no doubt man he s gonna make a man of me he s gonna straighten me out somehow the lord works in a strange way and it stirs my soul i m holding on to a miracle and i ain t ever letting go the lord works in a strange way i finally made my peace with god i ve got sweet comfort in my soul the lord works in a strange way man he s gonna make a man of me a man of me oh the lord works in a strange way