Name: On my Knees to Pray
Duration: 3 min 26 s
Channel: Donnie Priest/Woody Woodruff
Description: "On my Knees to Pray" is a song by Donnie Priest. Co-wrote with my father-in-law

On my Knees to Pray

Donnie Priest

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Co-wrote with my father-in-law

tears prayer pray redeemer

Donnie Priest

I have been writing from the time I could play my guitar at 12 years old, I'm 72 now and for the last few years I've been writing Christian music.

I'm a good ole boy from Georgia. In the early 70's I started a cover band, The Re-Creation. We played local gigs for several years. We all started having families and other jobs paid a lot more, so we gave up on music. I've dabbled in song writing over the years. I've been a Christian for a long time but, and as I've gotten older, I feel I have a calling from God to write Christian music. There are enough of my old lady done left with my dog songs. I'm sharing the good news of Jesus and His plan for salvation to an increasingly damaged world. My hash tag is #JesusLovesYou The love of Jesus comes before everything else.

Song Info

Genre

Country • Christian Country

Charts

Peak #32

Peak in subgenre #5

Author

Donnie Priest/Woody Woodruff

Rights

Donnie Priest/Woody Woodruff/August 76 Music

Uploaded

March 11, 2023

Track Files

MP3

MP3 2.9 MB • 120 kbps • 3:26

Character

Energy

relaxed, cool

high-energy

Danceable

coffee-place

dancefloor

Positivity

dark, sad, angry

happy

Appeal

unique

radio-friendly

Story behind the song

My late Father-in-law gave me the idea for the song.

Lyrics

On my Knees to Pray

 2019
By Donnie Priest
Woody Woodruff

I bow my head to pray
I raise my hands to you
You are my redeemer
You make all things new
Please be my guide
Help to show me the way
You feel so much closer
On my knees to pray

(chorus)
On my knees to pray
For all the world to see
On my knees to pray 
All alone in secrecy
On my knees to pray
 You dry my tears
On my knees to pray
You feel so near

I go through my life
I fail and try again
To be the man I should
Another prayer I send
By your precious blood
Washed my sins away
You feel so much closer
On my knees to pray

(chorus)
On my knees to pray
For all the world to see
On my knees to pray 
All alone in secrecy
On my knees to pray
 You dry my tears
On my knees to pray
You feel so near

(outro)
On my knees to pray
Let the whole world see
On my knees to pray 
You set me free
On my knees to pray
 You are always near
On my knees to pray
Im in your care
On my knees to pray
Youre always near

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