Before that rooster's crowing She's kitchen-table sitting Underlining the gospel And black-coffee sipping When that sun gets to sinking The whole house is resting And she's thanking God For those fast-asleep blessings Might look like she ain't doing much But she's moving mountains because That's the power The power of two folded hands Bowed head, bended knees When she whispers dear Jesus Heaven can hear it And that devil gets back to Hell running That's the power The power of a praying woman Oh, a praying woman She puts on a T-shirt Red lipstick, blue jeans But she's wearing armor That nobody sees Every word she sent up Came answered back down And I'm living proof 'Cause this lost girl got found That's the power The power of two folded hands Bowed head, bended knees When she whispers dear Jesus Heaven can hear it And that devil gets back to Hell running That's the power The power of a praying woman When a storm gets to brewing And the war is a raging Only one way through it You keep on praying Find truth in the trouble Rise up from the rubble When push comes to shoving You keep on praying, woman Praying woman That's the power The power of two folded hands Bowed head, bended knees When she whispers dear Jesus Heaven can hear it And that devil gets back to Hell running That's the power The power of a praying woman Of a praying woman Of a praying woman Oh, the power Oh, the power of a praying woman