Backslider`s Prayer Lyrics

Backslider`s Prayer lyrics

He said "I know this ain't the time or place

Bur Lord I need to talk"

In
a business suit in a corner booth

In a crowded little restaurant

We all
tried not to listen

We all tried not to look

But a whole room full of
customers

And the waitress and the cook

All stopped what we were
doin'

When he bowed his head

In that silence we heard every word he
said



"I been tryin' to do things my way

Down here on life's
highway

Slippin' slidin' sideways 

'Tween no way and nowhere 

If I
could only gain a foothold

Up there on your high road

Lord if you hear
me help me 

I'll do anything you tell me to 

All I've got to offer you
is this 

Backslider's prayer



Well the waitress made the first
move

When she filled his coffee cup

She said "You ain't alone here
mister

You're speakin' for the rest of us"

I heard some scattered
"amens"

And a couple of "I've been there's"

Then things got back to
normal

The dishes and the silverwate

Were clangin' in the
kitchen

Like an angel's band

As I took my place in line

To shake
his hand ('cause)



"I been tryin' to do things my way

Down here on
life's highway

Slippin' slidin' sideways 

'Tween no way and nowhere


If I could only gain a foothold

Up there on your high road

Lord if
you hear me help me 

I'll do anything you tell me to 

All I've got to
offer you is this 

Backslider's prayer



If I could only gain a
foothold

Up there on your high road

Lord if you hear me help me


I'll do anything you tell me to 

All I've got to offer you is this


Backslider's prayer