Just the other night a hometown football game  My wife and I ran into my old high school flame  And as I introduced them the past came back to me  And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be    She was the one that I'd wanted for all times  And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make her mine  And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then  I'd never ask for anything again    Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers  Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs  That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care  Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers    She wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams  And I could tell that time had changed me  In her eyes too it seemed  We tried to talk about the old days  There wasn't much we could recall  I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all    And as she walked away and I looked at my wife  And then and there I thanked the good Lord  For the gifts in my life    Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers  Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs  That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care  Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered  Some of God's greatest gifts are all too often unanswered  Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers