Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
Then see the peace in every eye
Every telephone ring, every heartbeat stinging
You know that if we are to stay alive
And say a little prayer for I
I don't want to to wait for our lives to be over
And say a little prayer for I
Believe me I know the feeling
He showed up all wet on the rainy front step
I want to know right now what will it be
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
In the war of '44
Wearing shrapnel in his skin
I want to know right now what will it be
She had two babies, one was six months, one was three
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
You know that if we are to stay alive
So open up your morning light
It's so hard to be gentle and warm
You're wearing your anguish again
When she thought it was God calling her
Publishers: HING FACE MUSIC, SONY/ATV MELODY
And the war he saw lives inside him still
I want to know right now what will it be
Then see the love in every eye
And I don't want to do what his father
And his father, and his father did
I don't want to to wait for our lives to be over
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over
The years pass by and now he has granddaughters
All we have is this very moment
Oh, would her son grow to know his father?
I want to be here now
It sucks you into the jaws of anger
Songwriter: Paula Cole
So breathe a little more deeply my love
I don't want to to wait for our lives to be over
So open up your morning light
You look at me from across the room
Will it be yes or will it be sorry?
I don't want to wait for our lives to be over