This is my lover's prayer I hope it'll reach out to you, my love This is my lover's prayer And I hope you can understand it, my love My life is such a weary thing But it might be your own presence bringing rain You keep wanting, waiting and wishing When

Chainsmoking your love It's getting harder to breathe Can't be good for my sanity Can't be good for my lungs I know my lease is up and the bailiff's at the door And still I'm hanging on to the life we had before I know this cold love won't lead me to the

You cleared up my scars Your love has fixed all of our broken hearts It’s a lifelong lesson and I’m not pretending when I say I hope you’re proud, mother, of what you’ve done This is for my mother, from the older brother of your children made of three

There’s no place like home That place in your soul That’s where we begun and where we all will go And this is your life and this is your love And this is a time we’re gonna rise above Churn your heartstrings 'til the bell rings Take it all in, everything

They say into your early life romance came And in this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I

When I pray for you I hope you get down on your knees 'Cause that's what I do, that's what I do I talk to God about you I pray you love like your momma And you forgive just like she does 'Cause when this life knocks you down Oh, when I pray for you And I

And somehow you left me neglected We've found our life's been changed We've lost it all The love is gone And we had magic And this is tragic You couldn't keep your hands to yourself I feel like our world's been infected, And though we tried

For your lights to shine on me For your song inside of me This we bring to you Here I stand so patiently In the shadow of love Time goes by leaving me helpless Just to reach and try To live my life These are my reasons

Love, oh love, oh careless love, You fly though my head like wine You've wrecked the life Of many a poor girl And you let me spoil this life of mine In your clutches of desire You've made me break a many true vow Then you set my very soul on fire All my

Save me save me save me I can't face this life alone I'm naked and I'm far from home It started off so well They said we made a perfect pair I clothed myself in your glory and your love How I loved you How I cried The years of care and loyalty