Save It Till the Mourning After

Say a prayer For me now Say a prayer For me now, for me now A teenage mother, all of 16 Had great dreams of bein' a beauty queen Well now she's part of the system You see her parents tried, but she just wouldn't listen Dropped out of school 15 years old and she acted the fool She thought life was a dream When her friends go the club, she just holds her head and screams But it's too late Life wasn't great, but she just couldn't wait to be mature, and explore The father of the child clean walked out the door Didn't wanna know Came home one day, packed his things and had to go Makes you sit and wonder how Just say a prayer for me now Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) White old man who you see on the streets With a bottle to his lips every week He didn't always be that way But look how his life's done changed He used to be someone Now everyone thinks he's a bum, and the kids just run Plus they like to tease, they thrash their knees And say his clothes has fleas People all over are dyin' Politicians keep on lyin' They gotta spend my money on war Yet we can't feed the poor A rich man lives on a yacht A poor man lives in the doorway of a shop But don't aks me how Just say a prayer for me now Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) I see things through adult eyes But when I was young, I wasn't quite so wise A lot of things would pass me by But now when I see these things I ask, "Why Is the world this way? Why are kids on my street scared to go out and play? Why do old folks shower across the street whenever I walk by?" It's the wheeling, the dealing, the stealing And the temptations that's appealing But I know that a change soon come With the risin' of the sun Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) Don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now) No, don't say a prayer for me now (say a prayer) Save it 'til the mourning after (for me now)