Merle Haggard - Momma's Prayers lyrics

Back when I was doing time
There was a night I can't forget
A mad man with a knife in hand tried
To kill me while I slept
But somehow the knife missed it's mark
And I pinned the raging man
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again

One night while we were driving
Across the mighty Texas plains
A car pulled out with it's headlights
Out head-on into our lane
As Deanrow swerved and missed the car
I felt a mighty hand
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again

Mama's prayers were always with me
Through the battlefield of life
She'd prayed for me and said amen
In the name of Jesus Christ
From the death house in San Quentin
I walked away a better man
Somehow mama's prayers had worked again

Mama's prayers were always with me
Through the battlefield of life
She prayed for me and said amen
In the name of Jesus Christ
From the death house in San Quentin
I walked away a better man
Somehow my mama's prayers had worked again