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A Prayer for You

from As Nature Intended by Joshua A F Cook

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Or, about that time I found God for the first time for the last time....

As I stood on the rocky lakeshore a few miles from Roslyn, the Sunchaser sat inert a quarter mile away, broken down but not abandoned as the others enjoyed a barbecue dinner in its imposing shadow. I'd seized a twilight's moment of respite to tiptoe away from the bedlam to cry across a placid pond we'd discovered together. Now, alone and wrought with sadness and confusion at my separation from Lady Feather, I sang in the undisturbed air and cried and cried and sang until my voice hit a tenor that landed on a piercing cadence that was no longer my own. The Almighty had taken hold, just as I hoped it would, and the conversation now taking place was no longer about me and my girlfriend, which was trivial at best; but was now and forevermore an open dialogue with the Higher Consciousness. This is what we said to each other.

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Once, when I was brokenhearted,
I turned to my lover and I sighed,
"Soon I will have departed
From this world, and I'll have no place to hide,
So please, don't turn me away from your doorstep
'Cause I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard --
Then I don't need to say another word."

Soon my lover replied,
"How do I know that you'll be true?"
Oh, I felt crippled inside,
But I realized exactly what to do:
I said, "Please, don't take away my pillow
'Cause I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard --
Then I don't need to say another word."

A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Coming 'round and 'round eternity.
A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Going 'round and 'round eternity.

Please, don't turn a deaf ear to my sorrow
'Cause I wanna stay where your heartbeat can be heard --
Then I don't need to say another word."

A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Coming 'round and 'round eternity.
A prayer for you is a prayer for me
Going 'round and 'round eternity.

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from As Nature Intended, released November 5, 2013
Words & music by Joshua Cook.
Background vocals by Ryan Beebe and Molly Taylor.

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Joshua A F Cook New Orleans, Louisiana

Joshua Cook is a New Orleans based singer, songwriter, performer, and world class international troubadour.

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