Too Late For Prayin'-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:Too Late For Prayin'] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Sundown] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Too Late For Prayin' - Gordon Lightfoot [00:03.44]It was only yesterday [00:05.69] [00:06.79]When I heard the teacher say [00:10.19] [00:11.37]Patiently one and two make three [00:14.71] [00:15.83]We were children you and me [00:19.04] [00:20.43]Let us pray for the ones they call [00:25.19]The children of today [00:28.50] [00:33.40]Nothin' left but promises [00:36.88] [00:37.93]Nothin' much is certain [00:40.89] [00:42.16]All we see is want and need across the board [00:47.47] [00:48.24]Why thank you lord [00:50.55]We're livin' in the glory of your care [00:58.92] [01:00.69]Skies of blue have all turned brown [01:05.33]To the sound of sighin' [01:08.27] [01:09.35]Lord abide let us stem the tide [01:13.54] [01:15.21]Of broken dreams [01:16.83] [01:17.42]Sometimes you seem to tell us [01:20.80] [01:21.65]It's too late for prayin' [01:27.86] [01:31.11]See the ocean wild and blue [01:34.63] [01:35.85]Think of all that's in her [01:38.71] [01:40.11]She will not surrender to the likes of us [01:45.18] [01:46.24]But then she must [01:48.58]They tell us wise men tell us it's too late [01:56.83] [01:58.66]For each child with eyes that smile [02:03.54]There'll be ten more cryin' [02:06.52] [02:07.33]Lord abide let us stem the time [02:11.54] [02:12.85]Of helplessness [02:14.62] [02:15.27]But then I guess we're livin' [02:18.81] [02:19.62]Is it too late for tryin' [02:25.48] [02:43.04]Nothin' here but grains of sand [02:46.32] [02:47.57]Nothin' much worth savin' [02:50.72] [02:51.93]Guess we've all got problems of our own to bear [02:57.17] [02:58.02]And still we share [02:59.59] [03:00.17]Tomorrow could get better than today [03:08.39] [03:10.40]To the ones who've loved in vain [03:15.04]Will ya be beholden [03:17.88] [03:19.02]Lord abide let us stem the tide [03:23.29] [03:24.47]Of broken dreams [03:26.19] [03:26.82]Sometimes ya seem to tell us [03:30.67] [03:31.22]It's too late for prayin'