Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks

Just the other night, at a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into, my old high school flame 
And as I introduced them, the past came back to me
And I couldn’t help but think of, the way things used to be.

She was the one, that I’d wanted for all times
And each night I’d spend prayin’, that God would make her mine
And if he’d only grant me, this wish I wished back then
I’d never ask for anything again.

(**)  Sometimes I thank God, for unanswered prayers
Remember when you’re talkin’ to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn’t answer doesn’t mean he don’t care
Some of God’s greatest gifts, are unanswered prayers.

She wasn’t quite the angel, that I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me, in her eyes too it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days, there wasn’t much we could recall 
I guess the Lord knows what he’s doin’ after all.
And as she walked away, and I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord, for the gifts in my life.

(**)  

A man runs into his high school sweetheart at a football game in their hometown. As he introduces her to his wife, he reminisces about that past relationship and how he had once prayed so fervently that this girl would be his significant other forever. He realizes that both of them have changed and then looks to his wife and realizes that God knew what He was doing all along.