Lyrics Tom Paxton – Pandora’s Box
Text:
Night passed so slowly
All the dreams were bad
Pandora’s box fell down
It broke open
All of my memories
Bound to make me sad
I heard every unkind word I’d spoken
Hard though I tried
I couldn’t get myself awake
Hard though I cried
I would remember each mistake
Prayin’ for sunrise
Prayers were all I had
Prayers and all the promises I’d broken
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
How can I make it
Feelin’ this a-way
Not at all convinced
To go on living
No place to go to
No excuse to stay
One more soul in bad need of forgiving
Hard though I tried
I couldn’t get myself awake
Hard though I cried
I would remember each mistake
Hangin’ on till sunrise
Livin’ day by day
Prayin’ for grace and faced with a need for living
Bound to make me sad
I heard every unkind word I’d spoken
Hard though I tried
I couldn’t get myself awake
Hard though I cried
I would remember each mistake
Prayin’ for sunrise
Prayers were all I had
Prayers and all the promises I’d broken
Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
How can I make it
Feelin’ this a-way
Not at all convinced
To go on living
No place to go to
No excuse to stay
One more soul in bad need of forgiving
Hard though I tried
I couldn’t get myself awake
Hard though I cried
I would remember each mistake
Hangin’ on till sunrise
Livin’ day by day
Prayin’ for grace and faced with a need for living
Hangin’ on till sunrise
Livin’ day by day
Prayin’ for grace and faced with a need for living
Livin’ day by day
Prayin’ for grace and faced with a need for living
Album
Tom Paxton – New Songs From The Briarpatch
Tom Paxton – Born On The Fourth Of July
Tom Paxton – White Bones Of Allende
Tom Paxton – You’re So Beautiful
Tom Paxton – You Can Eat Dog Food
Tom Paxton – Cotton–Eye Joe
Tom Paxton – Talking Watergate
Tom Paxton – Birds On The Table
Tom Paxton – Bring Back The Chair
Tom Paxton – Pandora’s Box
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