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Empty Prayers

Mary J. Blige

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Empty Prayers

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I tried my best to keep you hereBut it's hard to hold a shadowYou said goodbye but I couldn't hearToo busy praying for a miracleAnd you left me on my kneesYou just walked out the doorYou didn't even have the decency to intervene while I was begging god forYou to love meI prayed about us every nightBoy I know you had to hear meYou could've stopped me then and told the truthBut instead you pulled the pillow over your headAnd you left me on my kneesYou just walked out the doorYou didn't even have the decency to intervene while I was begging god forYou to love meYou should've told me it was useless, that I was praying empty prayersBut you hopped in your car, pulled out your keysWhile you were leaving, I was begging god for you to love meAnd I know that he had something better to doThan to sit and listen to a broken-hearted foolCould've been saving the world from a tragedy, but instead he was listeningI was asking, begging for a sign to bring comfort to this lonely heart ofMineBut apparently you're not what I needI guess you walking out was him answeringYou left me on my kneesYou just walked out the doorYou didn't even have the decency to intervene while I was begging god forYou to love meI tried my best to keep you hereBut it's hard to hold a shadow
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