《Wartime Prayers》是Paul Simon演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《Surprise》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Wartime Prayers
- 所屬專輯：Surprise
- 歌曲原唱：Paul Simon
- 歌曲語言：英語
歌曲歌詞
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
