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Another sleepless night
Waiting by the porch light
“I won’t be late”, he vowed
Our heads in prayer are bowed
He staggers in at eight
Thank God that he stayed safe
Dad says, “I love you son,
But this life can’t be fun”
A parent’s prayer is a plea that echos in the night
Praying that our son won’t ever give up the fight
A parent’s prayer is a plea that echos in the night
Trusting that God will redeem him from the night
A text to his mom one day
Don’t want to live this way
I hate who I’ve become
Say goodbye to your son
Mom says, “I love you so”
She prays he won’t let go.
She cries out to the Lord,
“God bring him to your door”
A parent’s prayer is a plea that echos in the night
Praying that our son won’t ever give up the fight
A parent’s prayer is a plea that echos in the night
Trusting that God will redeem him from the night
I Hope this story ends well
But time will only tell
He’ll get the help he needs
He’ll fall down to his knees
The road to victory
Is tougher than he sees
But God will see him through
‘Cause God cares for him too
A parent’s prayer is a plea that echos in the night
Praying that our son won’t ever give up the fight
A parent’s prayer is a plea that echos in the night
Trusting that God will redeem him from the night
The road to victory
Is tougher than he sees
This song comes out of having a son who struggles with addictions. We hope you find hope and encouragement in this song. We hope you enjoyed listening to it. For a copy of the song that you can play on any device, click the “buy” link under the image above.
Much thanks goes to the following people for making this possible:
- My lovely wife Beth, for her patience as I spent a lot of time on this project. And also for being willing to add her vocals to the second chorus 🙂
- Chad Wiebe for his valuable input as I was writing this song.
- Don Moore and Doughboy Recording Studio and Don M. Photography for the generous donation of his time and recording and photography skills.
- Our Lord and Saviour who sustains us.
If you wish to purchase your own copy that you can play on any device, click the “Buy” button on the bottom of the picture above. The song sells for $1.70 (with the option to pay more if you like), with all the proceeds (after Paypal and Bandcamp costs) being donated to Adult and Teen Challenge. The Paypal costs are $0.34 and Bandcamp is $0.26, which is why we made the track $1.70, that way we can give over a dollar per sale of the track to ATC. Thanks for listening, and for your support!