God Never Called Me Back 2

Intro

Verse 1 I left my number on a prayer, With a shaking hand Sent it up through cigarette smoke, From a motel nightstand I waited through the thunder, I waited through the rain But heaven’s line stayed quiet, And silence knew my name

Pre-Chorus Maybe I spoke too softly, Maybe I asked too late Maybe mercy changed its number, And locked the golden gate

Chorus God never called me back, So I stopped waiting by the phone The devil left a message saying, “Son, you ain’t alone” God never called me back, And I ain’t proud of that But when heaven keeps on hanging up, Hell knows how to call you back

Verse 2 There’s a church beside the highway, With a cross bent in the wind I sat outside till sunrise, Too ashamed to walk back in I heard them singing mercy, I heard them singing grace But every hallelujah Turned away from my face

Pre-Chorus I ain’t asking for a crown, Lord, I ain’t asking to be clean I just wanted one small answer From somewhere in between

Chorus God never called me back, So I stopped waiting by the phone The devil left a message saying, “Son, you ain’t alone” God never called me back, And I ain’t proud of that But when heaven keeps on hanging up, Hell knows how to call you back Call me back, call me back, Somebody call me back I was dying in the dark, And nobody called me back

Bridge Mama said the Lord can hear Every broken cry But mama never told me What to do when God replies With nothing but the floorboards, And the buzzing of the light And your own breath getting heavy In the middle of the night God never called me back, So I stopped waiting by the phone The devil left a message saying, “Son, you ain’t alone” God never called me back, And I ain’t proud of that But when heaven keeps on hanging up, Hell knows how to call you back God never called me back, Now the line is cut in two I used to beg for mercy, Now mercy begs me too

Outro I don’t hate heaven. I just got tired of waiting on the other end.

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