So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive

And see the peace in every I

She had two babies

One was six months one was three
In the war of '44
Every telephone ring

Every heartbeat stinging
When she thought it was God calling her
Oh would her son grow to know his father


CHORUS:


I don't want to wait
For our lives to be over
I want to know right know

What will it be
I don't want to wait
For our lives to be over

Will it be yes or will it be
Sorry


He showed up all wet
On the rainy front step
Wearing shrapnel in his skin

And the war he saw
Lives inside him still
It's so hard to be gentle and warm

The years passed by and now
He has granddaughters


Chorus

Oh so you look at me

From across the room
You're wearing your anguish again
Believe me, I know the feeling

It sucks you into the jaws of anger
Oh, so dig a little more deeply into my life
All we have is the very moment

And I don't want to do what
His father and his father and his father did
I want to be here now


So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I

You know that if we are to stay alive
And see the peace in every I


Chorus (2 times)

So open up your morning light

And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
And see the love in every eye