intro/refrain: So open up your morn-ing light and say a little prayer for I. You know that if we are to stay alive, then see the peace in every eye. Du du du, etc. Du du du, etc. verse: She had two babies, one was six months, one was three in the war of forty four. 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 now, what will it be? (repeat) I don't want to wait for our lives to be over Will it be yes, or will it be sorry? Du du du du du Du du du du du verse two: He showed up all wet on the rainy front step wearing shrapnel in his skin. And the war he saw linves inside him still. It's so hard to be gentle and warm. The years pass by and now he has granddaughters chorus bridge: 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 breath a little more deeply, my love. All we have is this very moment and I don't want to do what his father and his father and his fater did. I want to be here now. intro chorus Du du du's intro end on improv.
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