Queen Esther - Gild the Black Lily

The Whiskey Wouldn't Let Me Pray

I fell into a bottle and I nearly drowned
I had to fight not to fade away
I tipped it over slow with my broken heart
'Cause the whiskey wouldn't let me pray

Let me pray, let me pray
I had to fight so hard not to fade away
'Cause the whiskey in the bottle wouldn't let me pray

I swam all the way home through this dirty old town
A bright light to guide the way
Don't wanna get so high, I tell the world goodbye
'Cause the whiskey wouldn't let me pray

Let me pray, let me pray
I had a bright light to guide the way
'Cause the whiskey in the bottle wouldn't let me pray

In my dreams, I saw a city on a hill
The sun shined all the live long day
There's so much light in this heart of mine
But the whiskey wouldn't let me pray

Let me pray, let me pray
The sun shined all the live long day
But the whiskey in the bottle wouldn't let me pray

Let me pray, let me pray
I had a bright light to guide the way
But the whiskey in the bottle wouldn't let me pray

The whiskey in the bottle wouldn't let me pray



Credits
Writer(s): Esther Lucille Pooser
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Other Album Tracks

  1. The Black Cowgirl Song
  2. John the Revelator
  3. The Whiskey Wouldn't Let Me Pray
  4. Oleander
  5. Take It to the Limit
  6. Lonesome Road
  7. This Yearning Thing
  8. Our Dying Day
  9. All That We Are
  10. He Thinks I Still Care

All Album Tracks: Gild the Black Lily >

Altri album

  1. Unchangeable God
  2. Things Are Looking Up
  3. Auld Lang Syne
  4. Rona
  5. Bohemian Rhapsody
  6. Gild the Black Lily
  7. The Other Side
  8. What Is Love?
  9. Talkin' Fishbowl Blues

All Albums of Queen Esther >

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