Album: Nearer my God to Thee
Lyrics and Music: Ira and Charlie Louvin


[Intro]
             
Praying, prayi

             
ng for someone

      
 like me


[Verse 1]
             
Not long ago I

             
 was thinking 

   
of home
            
And I wondered

              
 if Momma was 


there all alon

e
            
I thought I'd 

            
drop by, as I'

d done before
            
But the sound 

              
from within ma

             
de me stop at 

    
the door


[Verse 2]
            
She was prayin

     
g, a sound tha

t the world se

ldom hears
            
Praying, her w

ords were plea

ding and clear
            
The sound of h

             
er voice, as s

he spoke my na

me
            
Brought tears 

              
to my eyes, my

             
 heart filled 

     
with shame
             
Praying, prayi

             
ng for someone

      
 like me


[Instrumental--Mandolin and Electric Guitar]
     x2
   
   


[Verse 3]
             
I was walking 

              
one night and 

         
I felt so alon

e
            
My heart was w

             
eary on the tr

           
ouble I've kno

wn
             
I hadn't notic

     
ed a church th

at was near
            
The sound from

              
 within seemed

            
 to fill the a

ir


[Verse 4]
            
They were pray

       
ing, a sound t

hat the world 

seldom hears
            
Praying, the t

              
une that our L

            
ord loves to h

ear
             
I found in the

          
 darknes, I co

uld not see
            
I could pictur

              
e them down on

       
 their knees
             
Praying, prayi

             
ng for someone

      
 like me