Looking back on my childhood Though the memories are so good There were days filled with danger and snares But the devil that made them Found I would evade them All because of Mama's bedside prayers I remember the voices The advice and the choices The right ones and each foolish dare But the old rags I once wore Were traded one night for A white robe in a bedside prayer They have power to change things How they rearrange things And lift so many burdens and cares How could I ever doubt them Where would I be without them Those old precious bedside prayers Now with those final days near I feel so out of place here In this sin thirsty world that we share Oh but there from my bedroom I'm soon in the throne room With my father in a bedside prayer They have power to change things How they rearrange things And lift so many burdens and cares How could I ever doubt them Where would I be without them Those old precious bedside prayers How could I ever doubt them Where would I be without them Those old precious bedside prayers