Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton
Prayer
No, stay...
I don't care what you've said or done
Don't go away
Not now when life has just begun
Come back
And be the woman who I knew
Help me to believe in you!
What on earth am I to do?

She's gone
This vision who was not quite real
I must move on despite the pain
The pain will heal
Oh, Lord!
How could you let me love like this?
No one dies upon a kiss
And only fools believe in bliss

And yes! God knows, I am a fool,
A man deluded by his wife,
A figure ripe for ridicule,
Who's lived a vain and useless life
So be it then! I'll play that game!
I do not give a tinker's dam!
I'll be a fool - it's all the same
It truly doesn't matter what I am!
God, no!
I'm broken, but I'm still alive!
And slowly I will feel my soul revive.
With time I'll find a way to right this wrong,
If it takes my whole life long.
Lord, I'll fight my battles all alone,
But make me strong!