So open up your morning light
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And say a little prayer for I
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You know that if we are to stay alive
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And see the peace in every eye
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She had two babies
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One was six months one was three
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In the war of '44
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Every telephone ring
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Every heartbeat sting
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When she thought it was God calling her
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Oh would her son grow to know his father
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CHORUS:
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I don't want to wait
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For our lives to be over
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I want to know right now
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What will it be
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I don't want to wait
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For our lives to be over
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Will it be yes or will it be
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Sorry
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He showed up all wet
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On the rainy front step
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Wearing shrapnel in his skin
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And the war he saw
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Lives inside him still
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It's so hard to be gentle and warm
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The years passed by and now
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He had granddaughters
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Chorus
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Oh so you look at me
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From across the room
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You're wearing your anguish again
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Believe me, I know the feeling
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It sucks you into the jaws of anger
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Oh, so dig a little more deeply,
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All we have is the very moment
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And I don't want to do what
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His father and his father and his father did
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I want to be here now
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So open up your morning light
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And say a little prayer for right
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You know that if we are to stay alive
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And see the peace in every eye
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Chorus (2 times)
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So open up your morning light
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And say a little prayer for right
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You know that if we are to stay alive
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And see the love in every eye
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I Don't Want to Wait
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Paula Cole |