| Softly now the evening falls
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| The house is still, a fire glows
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| I tiptoe gently down the hall
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| Watch them sleeping there
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| In the fading embers of this day
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| I think of all the many ways
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| That You were here with us today
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| And I say a prayer, goodnight
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| For faces like a soft surprise
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| For talks of toys and excited cries
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| And the promise of those tender cries
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| I say a prayer, a grateful prayer tonight
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| In a father’s strong but loving hands
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| For patience when I don’t understand
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| And for this place to rest my feet again
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| I want to thank You
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| For family prayers and evening meals
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| For hopes and hugs and knees that heal
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| For all these wonders that I feel
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| When I’m holding them, I thank You again
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| For the dreams a man and wife can share
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| For the home You’ve trusted to our care
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| For the love that we know will always be there
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| I say a prayer, a grateful prayer
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| I pray this prayer, goodnight
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| Oh, goodnight |