Thank God For the Day

Thank God for the Day The sun rises On the plains filled with gold As the moon sets beyond The Mountains young and old The cowboy makes his coffee And sets himself to pray Thank God for the sun rising today. CHORUS Thank God for the Wolf’s cry And the thundering Buffalo Thank God for the springs and The fresh water that flows. Thank God for the sunshine And thank God for the rain And thank God for the sun rising again. A century passes, his Great grandson’s grandson Is rising with the dawn and There’s so much to be done There’s bills yet to pay and The baby to be changed. Thank God for the sun rising today. Thank God for the baby’s cry And the innocent way they glow Thank God for the thunderstorms That help us all to grow Thank God for the sunshine And thank God for the rain And thank God for the sun rising again. He puts on his boots and slacks Gets ready to go Takes his kids to school, there’s So much they will know He rides with the mustangs In his pinto of old Thank God for a life growing old. Thank God for tears to cry And showing which way to go Thank God for the hurricanes That help us love to know Thank God for the sunshine And thank God for the rain And thank God for the sun rising today. There’s no more cattle to drive at work He’s pushing paper all day Everyone’s in a rush here, it just Seems to be their way. There’s no end in sight until On his way home he goes Thank God for safely getting us home. And thank God for my children That give meaning to life Thank God for the working day That love makes it alright. Thank God for the sunshine And thank God for the rain And thank God for the sun setting today. His older boy’s had a rough day too A game of catch they play With the toss of the ball The cowboy’s here to stay. Troubles are forgotten, As new mem’ries are made Thank God that the cowboy rides again. As he lays his boys to sleep With kisses born of love, He thanks God for his blessings His blessing from above Life’s not what he asked for Not bad, but it’s tough Thank God for a house filled with love. Thank God for the Wolf’s cry And the thundering Buffalo Thank God for the springs and The fresh water that flows. Thank God for the sunshine And thank God for the rain And thank God for the moon rising again. And thank God that the sun will rise again. © Matthew Wetter, July 5, 2015