Prayers And Wishes

PRAYERS AND WISHES
written by Doug Moreland, ASCAP (composer/author and publisher)

Superstitious mind is haunting me
I know prayers and wishes are two different things
I’m a God-fearing man but I do believe
Wish for what you want, but pray for what you need
And the confusion of the issue is
I know not whether to, pray or wish for you

Eleven, eleven reads the clock on the dash
Make a small wish under my breath
I can’t tell it or it won’t come true
Who knows it could be about you
Or a star falling from the midnight sky
Make another wish as the light dies
Or find a penny on the ground heads up
Maybe all day long I’ll have good luck
These are nothing but wishes

Superstitious mind is haunting me
I know prayers and wishes are two different things
I’m a God-fearing man but I do believe
Wish for what you want, but pray for what you need
And the confusion of the issue is
I know not whether to, pray or wish for you

A man stands in his field praying for rain
That’s the only thing that will ease his family’s pain
Or a woman kneeling beside her loved one’s bed
Praying the outcome is not what she dreads
Or a man and his congregation might mention peace
In their hearts he makes them believe
Careful what you wish for careful what you pray
It may or may not come true some day
These are nothing but prayers

Superstitious mind is haunting me
I know prayers and wishes are two different things
I’m a God-fearing man but I do believe
Wish for what you want, but pray for what you need
And the confusion of the issue is
I know not whether to, pray or wish for you
Yeah I pray or wish for you
Yeah I pray...