IN THE DAILY BREAD OF MY PRAYERS

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A MAN'S WORD
 
WAS AS GOOD AS GOLD
 
BUT THOSE OLD SCHOOL
 
THROW BACK DAYS ARE GONE FOR GOOD
 
GONE FOR BETTER OR WORSE
 
GONE TO A PLACE
 
BEYOND TIME AND SPACE
 
BEYOND DEATH TO NEVER PART
 
 
I THINK I'VE FINALLY LEARNED
 
MY LESSON
 
I THINK I'VE FINALLY SET MYSELF FREE
 
FROM THE MEMORIAL DAY STORY
 
YOU TOLD ME AND SOLD ME
 
SO LONG AGO
 
 
THE GOALS WE WERE TO ACHIEVE
 
THE JOURNEYS WE WERE TO TAKE
 
THE LOVE DREAMS WE WERE TO SHARE
 
BECAME AN ENDLESS STORY
 
OF ILLNESS AND FINANCIAL FAILURE
 
AND ON GOING EXPRESSIONS
 
OF SOCIALLY CONDITIONED
 
DEPRESSIONS
 
PERSONALLY UNIVERSALLY
 
GIFT WRAPPED
 
IN BROKEN HEARTED NIGHTMARES
 
 
YOU WERE SICK
 
YOU WERE LONELY
 
YOU WERE BROKE
 
AND YOU'D LOST
 
YOUR ONE AND ONLY
 
AND THE STORY YOU TOLD
 
WAS ONE OF NEEDING MY ASSISTANCE
 
 
THREE OR FOUR TIMES
 
YOU SAID THE TIME HAD COME
 
AND YOU ASKED ME
 
TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY
 
AND EACH TIME
 
YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND
 
AND LEFT ME HOPELESSLY HOPEFUL
 
FOREVER BELIEVING
 
IN THE GOLDEN RULE
 
 
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A MAN'S WORD
 
WAS AS GOOD AS GOLD
 
BUT THOSE OLD SCHOOL
 
THROW BACK DAYS ARE GONE FOR GOOD
 
GONE FOR BETTER OR WORSE
 
GONE TO A PLACE
 
BEYOND TIME AND SPACE
 
WHERE UNSPOKEN
 
PACTS OF FRIENDSHIP
 
BROKEN LOVERS PROMISES
 
AND MARRIAGE VOWS DWELL
 
BEYOND DEATH TO NEVER PART
 
 
YOU WERE SICK
 
YOU WERE LONELY
 
YOU WERE BROKE
 
AND YOU'D LOST
 
YOUR ONE AND ONLY
 
 
AND STILL
 
I KEEP YOU NOW
 
AS I KEPT YOU THEN
 
 
IN THE DAILY BREAD
 
OF MY PRAYERS
 
 
HOPELESSLY HOPING
 
TO TRANSMUTE, TRANSFORM
 
AND TRANSCEND
 
 
I KEEP YOU NOW
 
AS I KEPT YOU THEN
 
 
IN THE DAILY BREAD
 
OF MY PRAYERS