[Verse]
             
So open up you

     
r morning ligh

t
           
And say a litt

   
le prayer for 

I
             
You know that 

              
if we are to s

     
tay alive
           
And see the pe

    
ace in every e

ye


[Interlude] 
   



  She had two 

babies, one wa

s six months, 

one was three

In the war of 

'44

  Every teleph

one ring, ever

y heartbeat st

inging
           
When she thoug

              
ht it was God 

         
calling her
           
Oh, would her 

         
son grow to kn

            
ow his father?


[Chorus]
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
I want to know

            
 right now wha

              
t will it be
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
Will it be yes

           
 or will it be

     
 sorry?


[Interlude] 
   


[Verse]

  He showed up

 all wet on th

e rainy front 

step

Wearing shrapn

el in his skin

  And the war 

he saw lives i

nside him stil

l
           
It's so hard t

         
o be gentle an

       
d warm
           
The years pass

            
 by and now he

           
 has granddaug

   
hters


[Chorus]
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
I want to know

            
 right now wha

              
t will it be
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
Will it be yes

           
 or will it be

     
 sorry?


[Bridge]  
   


[Coda]
   2x

             
So open up you

     
r morning ligh

t
           
And say a litt

   
le prayer for 

I
             
You know that 

              
if we are to s

     
tay alive
           
And see the pe

    
ace in every e

ye



[Drum Interlude] (Move Capo to 5th)


[Chorus]
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
I want to know

            
 right now wha

              
t will it be
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
Will it be yes

           
 or will it be

     
 sorry?

             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
I want to know

            
 right now wha

              
t will it be
             
I don't want t

          
o wait for our

       
 lives to be o

      
ver
         
Will it be yes

           
 or will it be

     
 sorry?


[Outro]