Wing And A Prayer
Release Date: 2023 | Palette Records
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NOTE FROM DEBRA: This song was inspired a number of years ago when Jeff and I were living in California. We had gone to see a late-night movie in Santa Monica. When we first walked to the theater, it was early evening, and the sun was still shining. Stores and boutiques were beckoning us to enter and people strolled or hurried towards their destinations – just a normal night for most of us.
It was a long movie and as we walked out onto the same street, now dimly lit by the street lamps, we could not believe our eyes. Everywhere we looked, on benches, in doorways to the high-end shops, homeless people had settled in for the night. It was like we had somehow walked into the twilight zone. Just steps away was the famous Santa Monica Pier and not much further down the road was Hollywood, where so many dreams come true.
Homelessness is an issue that is everywhere. Today we still wonder how so many people seemingly just slip through the cracks. After a particularly icy winter in Nashville, I remembered this evening and thought even though it would not be ideal, it would be better to be in a warmer place if I were homeless.
Hopefully, society can continue to work towards eliminating homelessness and people will not have to live on a wing and a prayer.
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Wing And A Prayer
Words: Debra Lyn / Music: Jeff Silverman
(DebraLynMusic/ASCAP, SO LOOK IT MUSIC/ASCAP © 2023)
VERSE 1:
You pass me by each morning and try not to see
look away, look ahead and just let me be
I don’t want your money or even your time
But for the grace of Almighty, your world could be mine
CHORUS:
And maybe Florida or California would be better to go
Where the days would be warmer, and the nights not so cold
You and I could rest easy beneath the stars
on the sand with no worries about where we are
On a wing and a prayer
VERSE 2:
I once was a banker with a beautiful wife
till I fell to the bottom with no future in sight
My wife she did leave me without a word
In the rain on a Saturday, I lost my whole world
CHORUS:
And maybe Florida or California would be better to go
Where the days would be warmer, and the nights not so cold
You and I could rest easy beneath the stars
on the sand with no worries about where we are
On a wing and a prayer
BRIDGE:
In dreams I see curtains blow in the breeze
Sun shines through the window, feels like Heaven to me
In dreams I’m not cold, and I’m not hungry
Tomorrow may be better
Together we may get there
On a wing, on a wing and a prayer
VERSE 3:
Street life isn’t easy, peace is harder to find
Always watch where you’re goin’, always lookin’ behind
All that I own is in this pack on my back
A lifetime of memories as I fall through this crack
CHORUS:
And maybe Florida or California would be better to go
Where the days would be warmer, and the nights not so cold
You and I could rest easy beneath the stars
on the sand with no worries about where we are
On a wing and a prayer (on a wing and prayer)
On a wing and a prayer (on a wing and prayer)
On a wing and a prayer (on a wing and prayer)
On a wing and a prayer
Produced, Arranged, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered* by:
Jeff Silverman at Palette Music • Studio • Productions (MSP)
Mount Juliet / Nashville, TN
www.palettemusic.com
www.VirtualStudioNetworks.com
*Jeff Silverman/Palette Studio is a Certified Apple Digital Masters Mastering House, Approved by Apple, Inc.
MUSICIANS:
Lead & Background Vocals – Debra Lyn
Drums & Percussion – Matthew Burgess – www.percussionator.com
Acoustic Guitars, Bouzouki – David Flint – David Flint – Facebook
Strings – Tim Lorsch – www.timlorsch.com
Keyboards, Bass, Background Vocals – Jeff Silverman – www.palettemusic.net
Digital Cover Artwork & Design by:
DLS Graphics www.dlsgraphics.net
Cover Photo by:
Nick Fewings