I say a little prayer (1967)     (video)

 

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1.       The moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup,

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    I say a little prayer for you.

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    While combing my hair now, and wondering what dress to wear now,

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    I say a little prayer for you.

 

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Forever, forever, you’ll stay in my heart, and I will love you,

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forever and ever we never will part, oh, how I’ll love you !

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Together, together, that’s how it must be, to live without you

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would only be heartbreak for me.

 

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2.     I run for the bus, dear, while riding I think of us, dear,

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     I say a little prayer for you.

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    At work I just take time, and all through my coffee break- time,

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    I say a little prayer for you.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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+  Em - Am - D - G      + I say a little prayer for you !

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    Em - Am - D - G      + I say a little prayer for you !

 

+  CHORUS

 

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+     My darling, believe me, for me there is no one but you.

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    Please, love me, too !

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    I’m in love with you,          answer my prayer !

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    Ay, you love me, too ?

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    Why don’t you answer my prayer ? 

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    You know every day I say a little prayer.

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    I said, I say, I say a little prayer  ..

 

 

    (Dionne Warwick)