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Artist: Richie Havens
Canonical path: /havens-richie/prayer
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Prayer
Prayer lyrics by Richie Havens. To all those outside the inner side Let not your heart be heavy There are those who understand It is not easy It is not easy...
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Prayer
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To all those outside the inner side
Let not your heart be heavy
There are those who understand
It is not easy
It is not easy to tell a lie
To all those inside the outer side
Let not your head be heavy
There are those who understand
It is not easy
It is not easy to know what to do
And to all those who understand
Let not your words be heavy
There is he who understands
It is not easy
It is not easy to be a mother and a father.
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Richie Havens performs "Prayer", and this lyric page sits inside the Richie Havens catalog on LyroVerse.
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