What I Need — текст песни (Collin Raye)

(Karen Taylor-Good/Jason Blume)

I knew all the answers
The way my life should go
And when I used to say my prayers
I would tell God so
It seemed He wasn`t listening
I thought He didn`t care
But lookin` back
It`s plain to see
He was always there

`Cause I prayed for strength
And I got pain that made me strong
I prayed for courage
And got fear to overcome
When I prayed for faith
My empty heart brought me to my knees
I don`t always get what I want
I get what I need

I`m not sayin` that it`s easy
Or that it doesn`t hurt
When nothing seems to go my way
Nothing seems to work
These days I`m getting better
At goin` with the flow
Accepting that sometimes the answer
To a prayer is no

`Cause I prayed for strength
And I got pain that made me strong
I prayed for courage
And got fear to overcome
When I prayed for faith
My empty heart brought me to my knees
I don`t always get what I want
I get what I need

Every time I`ve had a door slammed in my face
In time a better one was opened in its place

I prayed for strength
And I got pain that made me strong
I prayed for courage
And got fear to overcome
When I prayed for faith
My empty heart brought me to my knees
I don`t always get what I want
I get what I need

Oh I don`t always get what I want
I get what I need