Papa, Can You Hear Me?

God -our heavenly Father

Oh God -and my father

Who is also in heaven

May the light

Of this flickering candle

Illuminates the night the way

Your spirit illuminates my soul

Papa can you hear me

Papa can you see me

Papa can you find me in the night

Papa are you near me

Papa can you hear me

Papa can you help me not be

Frightened

Looking at the skies

I seem to see a million eyes

Which ones are yours

Where are you now that yersterday

Has waved goodbye

And closed its doors

The night is so much darker

The wind is so much colder

The world I see is so much bigger

Now that I'm alone

Papa please forgive me

Try to understand me

Papa don't you know I had no choice

Can you hear me praying

Anything I'm saying

Even though the night is filled

With voices

I remember ev'rything you thaught me

Every book I've ever read

Can all the words in all the books

Help me to face what lies ahead

The trees are so much taller

And I feel so much smaller

The moon is twice as lonely

And the stars are half as bright

Papa how I love you

Papa how I need you

Papa how I miss you

Kissing me goodnight