I lit a thousand candles and I prayed a thousand prayers

I kneeled beside my bed for seven years

And I walked through every chapel door sang every Baptist hymn

And I accounted for my each and every sin

But Lord you never carried me or put me on your path

And you never filled my heart with happiness

You never came to comfort me when I was in distress

So in the midnight of my soul I've come to rest

It was all I ever asked for, the love of the Lord

But it never came

Through fire and through brimstone I have wandered down this road

To find a speck of light in the shadow

Through cold and lonely winter I have waited for your call

But the spirit never moved my heart to thaw

I wanted in the Kingdom but I'm stuck outside the gates

And Gabriel's horn won't carry me away

Salvation is a Country Club with dues I cannot pay

So the beggar in my soul has come to stay

It was all I ever asked for, the love of the Lord

But it never came

So I'll wait, forever hoping that He will show me

His mysterious ways