She sits in the dark
Quietly cursing him and this love
While she's rehearsing every line

She's gonna say when she walks away
On a wing and a prayer


Looking back at her in the mirror is a stranger
Years that have passed, how they seemed to change her
A woman once able to stand on her own

Searches for strength to stand on her own
On a wing and a prayer


On a wing and a prayer
She's leaving tonight
Holding her heart in her hands

Somewhere out there she knows that she'll find a love that understands
Why she left there on a wing and a prayer


She held on to maybe as long as she could, knowing he wouldn't
Believeing he would, give her a single reason to stay
To keep her from breaking away on a wing and a prayer


On a wing and a prayer
She's leaving tonight

Holding her heart in her hands
Somewhere out there she knows that she'll find a love that understands
Why she left there on a wing and a prayer


Somewhere out there she knows that she'll find a love that understands
Why she left there on a wing and a prayer

Oh, why she left there on a wing and a prayer