PRAYING FOR FEATHERS *
© Words and Music: Elizabeth Russell / Donna Aylor

Her legs dangle over the brick wall
She draws in a deep breath
A hundred feet above the cars below
She blows the smoke from a cigarette

This is where her note begins
Here alone at the end

This is what it says
This is what it says
This is what it says

CHORUS
I can’t stay here forever
On this ledge praying for feathers
Lord I need you now more than ever
I need your strength
So I’m praying for feathers

She’s done the diets, pills, she’s tried them all
Now the mirror doesn’t lie
The names they call her make her feel so small
Sometimes she wishes she could die

Just a kind word could have helped …ease the pain
In her note she tells it well

This is what it says
This is what it says
This is what it says

REPEAT CHORUS

Bridge
The wind sweeps across her face
The note slips from her hand
She feels the presence of a soft embrace
The words drift down and land

Chorus
I can’t stay here forever
I know my life will get better
Cause I’ve been changed now here and forever
On this ledge praying for feathers

I’ve been changed now here forever
On this ledge praying for feathers
Your wings of love held me so tender
I know my life will get better
I found you Lord … praying for feathers