I met God’s Will on a Halloween night

He was dressed as a bag of leaves

It hid the braces on his legs at first

His smile was as bright as the August sun

When he looked at me

As he struggled down the driveway, it almost

Made me hurt

Will don’t walk too good

Will don’t talk too good

He won’t do the things that the other kids do,

In our neighborhood

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I’ve been searchin’, wonderin’, thinkin’

Lost and lookin’ all my life

I’ve been wounded, jaded, loved and hated

I’ve wrestled wrong and right

He was a boy without a father

And his mother’s miracle

I’ve been readin’, writin’, prayin’, fightin’

I guess I would be still

Yeah, that was until

I knew God’s Will

Will’s mom had to work two jobs

We’d watch him when she had to work late

And we’d all laugh like I hadn’t laughed

Since I don’t know when

Hey Judewas his favorite song

At dinner he’d ask to pray

And then he’d pray for everybody in the world but him

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Before they moved to California

His mother said, they didn’t think he’d live

And she said each day that I have him, well it’s just

another gift

And I never got to tell her, that the boy

Showed me the truth

In crayon red, on notebook paper, he’d written

Me and God love you

I’ve been searchin’, prayin’, wounded, jaded

I guess I would be still

Yeah that was until…

I met God’s Will on a Halloween night

He was dressed as a bag of leaves