Keep Me from Blowin' Away

Keep Me from Blowin' Away - Patricia Conroy

Well I spent my whole lifetime

In a world where the sunshine

Finds excuses for not hangin' round

I squandered emotions

On the slightest of notions

And the first easy loving I found

Soon all the good times

The gay times and play times

Like colors run together and fade

Oh Lord if you hear me

Touch me and hold me

And keep me from blowing away

There's times when I trembled

When my mind remembered

The days that just crumbled away

And nothing to show

But these lines that I know

Are beginning to show in my face

Oh Lord if you're listening

I'm just a lost Christian

And I ain't got much coming to me

So send down some sunshine

Throw out your lifeline

And keep me from blowing away

Oh Lord if you hear me

Touch me and hold me

And keep me from blowing away