Mary Gauthier - Prayer Without Words Lyrics
Packing vagabond visions and a dream drenched hunger for a homeSwaddled in road dirt, blood stained blankets and poemsOn a stormy suitcase Sunday I awakened to the scream of the birdsThey held their high notes and offered prayer without wordsSinking in asphalt, speechlessness and what coulda beenSurrounded by strangers, scarred stars, stoned broken menRiding the narcotic night 'til she swerved and smashed into the curbMorning spilled from the wreckage and offered prayer without wordsChains on the mast pull the past, nothing lasts but nothing ever endsI leave town, break new ground, break down, leave town againTrapped in the circle, anchored to the weight of the worldUnder shooting stars that sink the skies and offer prayer without wordsJustice rides with jaundiced eyes, jaded judges bleed the broken benchLiberty's a homicide, she been flogged to death with money's monkey wrenchDesperado apostates set fire to every holy word we've heardSilence billows from the burning book and offers prayer without wordsSurrender, that sweet cleaning girl, folds white flags in Hallelujah SquareShe can't remember where she's been, one day I'm gonna join her thereUnpack my battered traveling case, hang out a sign that says "Do Not Disturb"Dissolve into a dreamless sleep that offers prayer without words
