Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,Appeals for love or loves 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 GodHear lunatics and liarsWartime prayers, wartime prayersIn every language spoken,For every family scattered and broken.Because you cannot walk with the holy,If you're just a halfway decent man.But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermindWith a genious marketing plan.I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,Even a little drop would do.I want to rid my heart of envyAnd cleanse my soul of rageBefore I feel.Times are hard, hard times,But everybody knows all about hard times.The thing is, what are you gonna do?Will 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.But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermindWith a genious marketing plan.I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,Even a little drop would do.I want to rid my heart of envyAnd cleanse my soul of rageBefore I'm through.A mother murmurs in twilight sleepAnd draws her babies closer.With hush-a-bies for sleepy eyes,And kisses on the shoulder.To drive away despairShe sends a wartime prayer.
Lyrics by Paul Simon
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