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Artist: Marc Cohn
Canonical path: /cohn-marc/providence
Related lyric paths: 6
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Providence
Read Providence lyrics by Marc Cohn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Providence
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I talk to you in turbulence
That's when I see the light
But she has visions on the hillside
Then she speaks in tongues all night
You've got such a faithful little servant
Why don't you pay her no mind?
CHORUS
She prays for Providence
She needs a little more of your attention
She waits for Providence
Just a little intervention
She was driving out on Highway 1
She felt the presence of something strange
She could not tell if it was alien
She only knew her life would change
If you were sending down a message
Why do you hang her on a line?
She prays for Providence
I don't know why you cannot hear her
She waits for Providence
Are you just waiting to be near her
Are you thinking something
And not letting on?
Will she understand what you planned
Before she's gone?
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Marc Cohn performs "Providence", and this lyric page sits inside the Marc Cohn catalog on LyroVerse.
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