When I first heard this song, I was a boy growing up Down in the state of South The song had been written and recorded by a man T. Texas
The in it's original form related to something that Happened during the second War Last year, early in 1991, when things were going crazy Over on the side of the world, I remembered this old song
And I the first part of it to fit the situation The second part of it I left like been all of these years Because you can't improve upon I'd like to dedicate this tonight to all the
To families, their loved ones And everybody that loves country
It was a hot Sunday morning in the Saudi Arabian desert And a soldier sat alone in his tent, deep in thought A picture of his and children back home in the United States on a table nearby
His mind began to wander across the Back to other Sunday mornings that so long ago Now and so far away, he thought of And he that when this day dawned in America
His family would go to church to for his well-being And his return The young soldier reached into his bag and he out A deck of playing
He began to them out across his bunk About time, one of his buddies came by and said "You gonna get up a game?", "No," the soldier "I'm gonna a little quiet time with the Lord"
"Looks like to me playing cards," his friend said "No, you see, I have my Bible and since we can't our religion in public, here, I brought along this deck Of cards" and with that, the young boy started his
You see when I at the Ace, It reminded me That is but one God and the Deuce reminds me that The Bible is divided two parts The Old and the New
When I at the Trey, I think of the Father, the Son And the Ghost When I see the Four, I'm reminded of the four Who preached the
There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and And when I see the Five, I think of the five wise Who trimmed their lamps, there were ten of Five were wise and were saved, five foolish and were shut out
And when I look at the Six, I'm reminded that in six God made this great and earth The Seven reminds me on the seventh day God from His great work
When I see the Eight, I think of the righteous persons God saved when He destroyed this old There was Noah, his wife, their three and their wives And when I look at the Nine, I of the lepers Our cleansed
And nine out of the ten, even thank Him And when I see the Ten, I think of the Ten God handed down to Moses on the of stone When I at the King
It me that there is but one King of Heaven God The Queen me of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Heaven and the Jack or Knave is the
When I count the number of spots on a deck of
I find 365, the of days in a year There's 52 cards, the of weeks in a year There's 4 suits, the of weeks in a month 12 picture cards, the number of months in a year There's 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a
So you see, my deck of cards serves me as a Bible As an and as a Prayer Book
And friends, this story is I know I know that soldier