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Corry
Nov-10-2012, 23:00 GMT
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War Time Prayers:
Paul Simon live 2006

LYRICS:

Prayers offered in times of peace
Are silent conversations
Appeals for love, or love’s release
In private invocations
But all that is changed now
Gone like a memory from the day before the fires
People hungry for the voice of God
Hear lunatics and liars

Wartime prayers
Wartime prayers
In every language spoken
For every family scattered and broken

Because you cannot walk with the holy if you’re just a halfway decent man
I don’t pretend that I’m a mastermind with a genius marketing plan
I’m trying to tap into some wisdom
Even a little drop will do
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through

Times are hard, it’s a hard time
But everybody knows
All about hard times, the thing is
What are you gonna do?
Well, you cry and try to muscle through
And try to rearrange your stuff
But when the wounds are deep enough
And it’s all that we can bear
We wrap ourselves in prayer

Because you cannot walk with the holy if you’re just a halfway decent man
I don’t pretend that I’m a mastermind with a genius marketing plan
I’m trying to tap into some wisdom
Even a little drop will do
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through

A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
And draws her babies closer
With hush-a-byes for sleepy eyes
And kisses on the shoulder
To drive away despair
She says a wartime prayer

© 2006 Words and Music by Paul Simon

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Julie
Nov-11-2012, 11:12 GMT
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Corry....there is no need to repost the lyrics as they are all posted in the chords and lyrics section. There is a lot to explore on this site!

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SueR
Nov-11-2012, 11:23 GMT
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I was going to say the same Julie. All the lyrics are already on the site, and we have all seen the videos before.

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Rosie
Nov-11-2012, 15:09 GMT
Ireland


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I have to agree here. It's great to see so much activity again here but is all the posting of videos really necessary? Maybe if you put them all into one thread? News and articles/videos we haven't seen are getting pushed to the page 2/3 without people seeing them!

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Corry  
Nov-11-2012, 16:43 GMT
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Thanks to all for your wise advices: I shall keep them all in mind!

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