I know you need a friend
Someone you can talk to
Who will understand what you’re going through
When it comes to love
There’s no easy answer
Only you can say what you’re gonna do
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I heard you on the phone
You took his number
Said you weren’t alone, but you’d call him soon
Isn’t he the guy
The guy who left you cryin’
Isn’t he the one who made you blue
When you remember those nights in his arms
You know you’ve gotta make up your mind
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Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
Or are you going back to the one you love
Someone’s gonna cry when they learn they’ve lost you
Someone’s gonna thank the stars above
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What you gonna say when he comes over
There’s no easy way to see this through
All the broken dreams
All the disappointments
Oh girl — What you gonna do
Your heart keeps sayin’ it’s just not fair
But still you’ve gotta make up your mind
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Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
Or are you going back to the one you love
Someone’s gonna cry when they learn they’ve lost you
Someone’s gonna thank the stars above
There’s a ship out
On the ocean
At the mercy of the sea
It’s been tossed about
Lost and broken
Wandering aimlessly
And God somehow
You know that ship is me
Cause there’s a lighthouse
In the harbour
Shining faithfully
Pouring its light out
Across the water
For this sinking soul to see
That someone out there
Still believes in me
On a prayer, in a song
I hear your voice and
It keeps me hanging on
Raining down
Against the wind
I’m reaching out till
We reach the circle’s end
When you come
Back to me again
There’s a moment
We all come to
In our own time and
Our own space
Where all that we’ve done
We can undo
If our heart’s
In the right place
On a prayer, in a song
I hear your voice and
It keeps me hanging on
Raining down
Against the wind
I’m reaching out till
We reach the circle’s end
When you come
Back to me again
Again and again I see
My yesterday’s in front of me
Unfolding like a mystery
You’re changing all that is
And used to be
On a prayer, in a song
I hear your voice and
It keeps me hanging on
Raining down
Against the wind
I’m reaching out till
We reach the circle’s end
When you come
Back to me again
When you come
Back to me again
Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around ?til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I?d play a song that would never, ever end
How I?d love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He?d make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I?d play a song that would never, ever end
?Cause I?d love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I?d listen outside her door
And I?d hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I?m praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don?t do it usually
But dear Lord she?s dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream