IT'S NOT FOR ME

TO UNDERSTAND

DLS   3-13-04

THROUGH HER CHILD'S EYES, SHE SEES.

THE BLIND MAN'S FAITH LET HIM SEE.

ALONE IN A DARK WORLD

WILLIE NELSON WROTE AND RECORDED "IT'S NOT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND"

IN 1964.  CHET ATKINS LOVED THIS SONG.

ATKINS PRODUCED THE RECORD AND

THE INSPIRATIONAL ALBUM.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF WILLIE NELSON'S BEST SONGS.  I LOVE THIS SONG, TOO.

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I passed a home the other day,

The yard was filled with kids at play.

And on the sidewalk of this home,

A little boy stood all alone.

His smiling face was sweet and kind,

But I could see the boy was blind.

He listened to the children play,

I bowed my head and there I prayed.

Dear Lord above, why must this be?

And then these words came down to me,

"After all, you're just a man,

And it's not for you to understand.

It's not for you to reason why,

You, too, are blind without my eyes.

So question not what I command,

Cause it's not for you to understand."

Now when I pray, my prayer is one,

I pray His Will, not mine be done.

After all, I'm just a man,

And it's not for me to understand.