Prayers that grieve to end all sorrows
Urgent hopes for bright tomorrows
Unseen wings across the air
They telegraph our feelings there

Prayers at thanks and supplication
Essence of communication
Talking about sweet prayers

Prayers which light the evening skies
They float from children's bedtime signs
Prayers of troops of battle fighting
Cries of love unrequiting
Prayers

Some grow old and never heed them
Others feel they never need them
Talking about sweet prayers

Praying's like sunlight, lightning all the places
Shining here, shining there
Nourishing food to my very soul
Praying's like sunlight, touching all our faces
Reaching here, reaching there
Warming my heart, through the very cold
Very cold

Prayers that crack the sky with thunder
Bless each rainbow sailing under
Prayers front Hong Kong to Hohoken
Spring from every language spoken
Prayers

Some will live and never use them
Others too who will refuse them
Talking about sweet prayers
Prayers

Praying's like sunlight, lightning all the places
Shining here, shining there
Nourishing food to my very soul
Praying's like sunlight, touching all our faces
Reaching here, reaching there
Warming my heart, through the very cold
Through the very cold

Prayers that ask for heaven's healing
Span the range at human feeling
Some appear as practised lines
By ancient men at ancient shrine
Prayers

Spoken soft in desperation
Shouted loud in celebration
Healing words of prayers
Healing words of prayers