I Don't Want to Wait - Paula Cole

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 I

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

CHORUS:
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

Chorus

Oh so you look at me
From across the room
You're wearing your anguish again
Believe 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 know

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 I

Chorus (twice)

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 I

Where Have All The Cowboys Gone - Paula Cole

Oh you get me ready in your 56 chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandy lion sun scorching,
Like a glass of cold lemonade
I will do laundry...if you pay all the bills

Chorus:
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone

Why don't you stay the evening
Kick back and watch the TV
And I'll fix a little something to eat
Oh I know your back hurts from working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee my sweet
I will raise the children....if you pay all the bills

Chorus

I am wearing my new dress tonight
But you don't, but you don't even notice me
Say our goodbyes (3 times)

We finally sell the chevy
When we had another baby
And you took the job in Tennessee
You made friends at the farm
And you joined them at the bar
Almost every single day of the week

Chorus

I will wash the dishes...while you go have a beer
Where is my marlboro man
Where is his shiny gun
Where is my lonely ranger
Where have all the cowboys gone
yippee aw, yippee yea (3 times)

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