DADDY PUT IN
HIS FORTY YEARS
GOT HIS GOLD WATCH
AND THEN THEY
SENT HIM HOME
I NEVER KNEW WHAT
A STRUGGLE WAS LIKE
'TIL I CRIED TEARS
ON HIS STONE
HE WAS JUST
A COG IN THEIR WHEEL
LIVED AND DIED ON THE
LAYAWAY PLAN
BUT LORD
HEAR THE PRAYER
OF A COMMON MAN
HALLELUJAH
IS ANYBODY OUT THERE
HALLELUJAH
DOES ANYBODY CARE
LIFE TAKES ITS TOLL
ON THE HEART AND SOUL
BUT I'M DOIN'
THE BEST I CAN
BUT LORD HEAR
THE PRAYER
OF A COMMON MAN
MY LITTLE GIRL NEEDED
BRACES MAN AND
IT COST A COUPLE
THOUSAND BUCKS
SHE'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL
SMILE BUT IT'LL
BE AWHILE
ON MY NEW/ USED
PICKUP TRUCK
THIS HOUSE OF CARDS
I BUILT IS MORTGAGED
TO THE HILT
AND IT'S SINKING
IN THE SAND
NOW LORD HEAR
THE PRAYER
OF A COMMON MAN
HALLELUJAH
IS ANYBODY OUT THERE
HALLELUJAH
DOES ANYBODY CARE
LIFE TAKES ITS TOLL
ON THE HEART AND SOUL
BUT I'M DOIN'
THE BEST I CAN
NOW LORD
HEAR THE PRAYER
OF A COMMON MAN
I'M NOT LOOKIN'
FOR CHARITY
I JUST NEED
SOME CLARITY
I'VE GOT PEOPLE
COUNTIN' ON ME
AND I'M TIRED
THAT'S ALL
AND I'M UP AGAINST
THE WALL
LORD HEAR ME
WHEN I CALL
HALLELUJAH
I KNOW YOU'RE UP THERE
HALLELUJAH
I KNOW YOU CARE
LIFE TAKES ITS TOLL
ON THE HEART AND SOUL
BUT I'M DOIN'
THE BEST I CAN
OH LORD HEAR
THE PRAYER
OF A COMMON MAN
LORD
HEAR THE PRAYER
OF THIS COMMON MAN