Thoughts And Prayers

Thoughts and prayers echoes the ache surrounding the issue of mass shooting and gun violence in America.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Written by Brittney Spencer (BMI, Brock Human (ASCAP), Olivia Yokubonis (ASCAP)
© 2020 Common Hymnal Digital (BMI), BSpencer Publishing (BMI), United Pursuit Music (ASCAP), Common Hymnal Publishing (ASCAP), Olivia Yokubonis Publishing (ASCAP) (admin by IntegratedRights.com). CCLI 7192262.

VERSE 1
I’m breaking, waiting
Watching your hands on the clock and I
Wonder if you see how I feel
Your shifting, blaming
Aiming your politics right at my neck
Trying to change how I feel

CHORUS 3
I sing to the only home
I’ve ever known
I’m asking her how we’ve come
To live in a nightmare, American grown
Where we let the good die young
We let the good die young

VERSE 2
It’s not just classrooms
It’s our congregations and concert lines
Asking if you see how they feel
All those barstools
All of the children who ran to hide
Are wishing that you’d see how they feel

CHORUS 2
I sing to the only home
I’ve ever known
Asking her how we’ve come
To live in a nightmare, American grown
Where we let the good die young
They’re shooting the stars
And you’re watching them fall
In the comfort of your own home
We live in a nightmare American grown
Where we let the good die young

CHORUS 3
So, I sing to the only home
I’ve ever known
I’m asking her how we’ve come
To live in a nightmare American grown
Where we let the good die young
I’ve spoken up
But it wasn’t enough
A son lost a father today
A woman was gunned-down today
The music stopped playing today
Don’t send me your thoughts and prayers
Cause they don’t go anywhere
When we let the good die young