Lyric What I Need

(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