So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
And see the peace in every [unverified]

She had two babies, one was six months one was three
In the war of '44
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
When she thought it was God calling her
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?

He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
Wearing shrapnel in his skin and the war he saw
Lives inside him still it's so hard to be gentle and warm
The years passed by and now he has granddaughters

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?

Oh so you look at me from across the room
You're wearing your anguish again
Believe me, I know the feeling
It sucks you into the jaws of anger

Oh, so dig a little more deeply into my life
All we have is the very moment
And I don't want to do what
His father and his father and his father did
I want to be here now

So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
And see the peace in every [unverified]

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
I want to know right now what will it be?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?

So open up your morning light
And say a little prayer for I
You know that if we are to stay alive
And see the love in every eye