I give thanks to the Creator Creating everything, both high and low I give thanks to my mother and my father They had to plant the seed for me to grow And there are things I never doubt Reasons within, reasons without Give thanks, my friends, today Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down on your knees And pray, pray, pray I give thanks to the Redeemer Who is showing me the way to go I give thanks and always will remember What was written down for us to know Oh, sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry But faith in my heart opened my eyes Give thanks, my friends, today Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down on your knees And pray, pray, pray Give thanks, my friends, today Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down on your knees And pray, pray, pray Oh, sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry But faith in my heart opened my eyes Give thanks, my friends, today Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down, oh, get down And pray, pray, oh, pray Oh, yeah, yeah Give thanks, my friends, today Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down, oh, get down And pray, pray, oh, pray, pray Oh, give thanks, give thanks, give thanks Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down on your knees And pray, pray, pray Life is for a reason, don't let it slip away Oh, get down on your knees And pray, pray, oh, pray Oh, yeah, get down, get down