So open up your morning lightAnd say a little prayer for rightYou know that if we are to stay aliveThen see the peace in every eyedoo doo doo doo do doo dodo do doo doo doo doo doo doo oohShe had two babies, one was six months, one was threeIn the war of ’44Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stingingWhen she thought it was God calling herOh, would her son grow to know his father?I don’t want to wait for our lives to be overI want to know right now, what will it be?I don’t want to wait for our lives to be overWill it be yes or will it be… sorry?doo doo ooh doo ooh do do oohHe showed up all wet on the rainy front stepWearing shrapnel in his skinAnd the war he saw lives inside him stillIt’s so hard to be gentle and warmThe years pass by and now he has granddaughtersI don’t want to wait for our lives to be overI want to know right now, what will it be?I don’t want to wait for our lives to be overWill it be yes or will it be… sorry?You look at me from across the roomYou’re wearing your anguish againBelieve me I know the feelingIt sucks you into the jaws of anger (ooh)So breathe a little more deeply my loveAll we have is this very momentAnd I don’t want to do what his fatherAnd his father, and his father didI want to be here nowSo open up your morning lightAnd say a little prayer for rightYou know that if we are to stay aliveAnd see the peace in every eyeI don’t want to wait for our lives to be overI want to know right now, what will it be?I don’t want to wait for our lives to be overWill it be yes or will it be… sorry?I don’t want to wait for our lives to be overI want to know right now, what will it be?I don’t want to wait for our lives to be overWill it be yes or will it be… sorry?doo doo doo doo ooh do doo doodoo doo doo doo do doo oohdoo doo doo do doo do doSo open up your morning lightAnd say a little prayer for rightYou know that if we are to stay aliveThen see the love in every eye