Enjoyed your moving prayer song! Nice guitar break, too! ♥️🎶👏

This is AMAZING. Better than the majority of the stuff I'm hearing day to day down in "music city."

Learning how to pray
(Mark I. Anderson)

Dear lord, it’s been a little while
I feel as helpless as a little child  
But I need to talk with you
And I’m guessing that you know
I made a few mistakes / and I can’t let ‘em go

So, I turn to you
Hoping I might find
The strength to surrender one more time

[Chorus]
I’m asking for forgiveness
I’m asking for your grace
I’m asking you to hold me
In your sweet embrace
Till I can fly again
Higher than today
Just an earth-bound angle in the end
Learning how to pray 

Dear lord if you can hear me
I’m on my knees as you can see
And in trouble once again
But I’m guessing that you know
All about the fool / who just can’t let it show

So, I turn to you
Hoping I might see
The image of the man you made in me

[Chorus]
I’m asking for forgiveness
I’m asking for your grace
I’m asking you to hold me
In your sweet embrace
Till I can fly again
Higher than today
Just an earth-bound angle in the end
Learning who to pray

[Bridge]
Been too long on my own
Too long turned away
Tryin’ to make it home
When I pray

[Chorus]
I’m asking for forgiveness
I’m asking for your grace
I’m asking you to hold me
In your sweet embrace
Till I can fly again
Higher than today
Just an earth-bound angle in the end

Till I can fly again
Higher than today
Just an earth-bound angle in the end
Learning how to pray
Learning how to pray…

Learning how to pray

When the problem is me, the answer’s prayer
(Mark Irving Anderson)
 
 
There’s really only one problem
In the whole universe
So, there’s only one answer
And just to make matters worse
It seems that the problem’s me
And the answer’s always prayer
I’d pray if I could
But sometimes I ain’t there…
 
There’s really only one problem
When it comes to love
And only one answer
And that comes from above
If the problem’s always me
Then the answer’s always prayer
I should pray, oh
But somedays I ain’t there…
 
[Chorus]
Until I hit the wall, hit the ground, or hit someone I know
We’re all lost until we’re found, I still got a ways to go
I could lie and try to tell you why, I don’t even care
But, when the problem’s me, oh the answer’s prayer…
 
There’s really only one problem
On the darkest night
So, there’s only one answer
For a dimming light
If the problem’s always me
Then the answer’s always prayer
I know I should pray
But sometimes I ain’t there…
 
[Bridge]
When I wander off, and lose my way
The garden weeds grow bolder
Whenever I get closer, Lord
We walk among the clover…
 
[Chorus]
Until I hit the wall, hit the ground, or hit someone I know
We’re all lost until we’re found, I still got a ways to go
I could lie and try to tell you why, I don’t even care
When the problem’s me, the answer’s prayer

I could lie and try to tell you why, I don’t even care
When the problem’s me, the answer’s prayer

When the problem’s me, the answer’s prayer…

When the problem is me, the answer’s prayer

Journey of the Magi (Elliot) 2025

Hello, my name is Mark. Thank you for checking out my songs. I’m a songwriter living in Portland Maine.  I write mostly country songs because that’s the music I listened to growing up.  Though I’ve branched out a bit through the years at the core I’m still county.

I’m interested in networking and writing with others to improve my craft. Ultimately I’m looking for a publishing company to take these songs to new and established artists. 

Thanks again.
Mark

Learning how to pray

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