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Artist: Sara Melson
Canonical path: /sara-melson/birthday-prayer
Related lyric paths: 6
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Birthday Prayer
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Birthday Prayer
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I have not been honest with myself
Not with you, nor with anyone else
I haven't had respect for time
I can't bind the wind, I can't catch the sand
But I'm learning to write with my left hand
And one day, I'll learn the art of dying
Please God, take care of me,
Enter me so I may be free
Help me breathe in slowly, without fear
Why can't I accept the truth
Even I will lose my youth
I'd better learn this lesson while I'm here
I hear the ghost of my beloved dog
Crackling leaves as we walk through the fog
Memories turn to dreams year after year
Seems like lifetimes ago,
And one day, so will this moment now
A distance so far and yet so near
Please God, take care of me,
Enter me so I may be free
Help me breathe in slowly, without fear
Why can't I accept the truth
That even I will lose my youth
I'd better learn this lesson while I'm here
I've been a temperamental loner
And a superstitious stoner
I have run from the law just to write a song
Trying to see without my glasses
As the world outside my window passes
Why do I struggle just to get along
Please God, take care of me,
Enter me so I may be free
Help me breathe in slowly, without fear
Why can't I accept the truth
Even I will lose my youth
I'd better learn this lesson while I'm here
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