Keep Me God - Iris DeMent

It was a long time ago, I was a girl 'bout 12 years old

On my back staring up into the dark summer sky

When I said, «God, tomorrow I can’t see

But I’ll stick close to you if you’ll stick close to me!»

And that night I prayed «Keep me God!

Keep me God»

Now, I don’t know just where God lives

Ain’t all that sure just exactly who God is

I don’t know if there’s a church

That deserves to take God’s name

I just know that when I look around here I see

The hand of someone or something

That is bigger than me

And I call that God

And then I pray «Just, keep me God»

I’m in a plane up in the sky

A storm surrounds us as we fly

And below, the big black ocean is all that I can see

When all at once I realize: Don’t really matter if I live or even if I die

Just so long as you keep me God

Now, when my days draw to an end

And I’ve said goodbye to my family and friends

When the tide that turns my life is standing still

As I turn my final bend, I betcha I’m gonna be asking even then

Keep me God, keep me God, keep me God

Keep me God, keep me God, keep me God