Brenda Russell - Our Prayer lyrics

[Nettie & Celie] Hey, sister, what you gon' do Going down by the river gonna play with you Papa don't like no screamin' 'round here No lip from the woman when they chug that beer [Celie] (spoken) You all grown up and pretty now It's time for you to get married Have one good year before you get big [Nettie] (spoken) I can't get married, I'm still in school Who that man talkin' to Pa? [Celie] (spoken) Girl at church say He lookin' for a new wife to take care of his mean chirren [Nettie] (spoken) Well I see where they get their mean from Look at him, holdin' his whip like he got a horse waitin' somewhere You see any horse? [Celie] (spoken) You don't wanna get married? [Nettie] I wanna know how the world goes How far is the moon How the sky changes color Hope I find out soon [Nettie] (spoken) What you want? [Celie] I wanna sit and do nothin' Make you a new dress Hope my babies are happy Someplace god will bless [Pa] (spoken) Celie! Get to work! [Nettie] Ain't no need to discuss [Celie] It ain't worth a big fuss [Both] Whatever come to us Is in God's hands When I lay me down to sleep I will say my prayer That God love me so deep He will promise our souls to keep Together I'll say a prayer [Pa] (spoken) Why you wanna know so much about tobacco? [Mister] (spoken) I'm thinkin' 'bout plantin' it [Pa] (spoken) You is not Now what you doin' here? [Mister] I wanna marry Nettie She a sweet young girl [Pa] (spoken) She too young [Mister] She's the cutest thing In this whole world [Pa] (spoken) She gonna be a teacher [Nettie] Picture me in a schoolhouse With my college degree I can teach all my children To spell Tennessee [Pa] (spoken) You can have Celie, though She too old to be livin' at home [Celie] Maybe I'll have a garden Where birds come to sing [Mister] (spoken) I don't want Celie She ugly [Celie] Know a finch from a sparrow Fix a broken wing [Nettie] I wanna hear your birds sing [Celie] Wanna hear your school bell ring [Both] No matter what life bring Us in god's hands [Pa] (spoken) Whyn't you quit comin' 'round here Just go marry Shug Avery? [Ensemble] Shug Avery [Nettie] (spoken) Who Shug Avery? [Ensemble] Shug avery! [Celie] (spoken) She mister ol' girlfriend [Mister] (spoken) Shug Avery not a child-raisin' woman You know that She the queen honeybee [Pa] (spoken) She a low-down ho, is what everybody said You lookin' for a new Shug Avery, you better go to Memphis All we got here is one pretty girl you'll never have And one ugly girl can work like a man [Mister] I really want that girl [Pa] (spoken) I told you no! [Celie & Nettie]/[Mister] When I lay me down to sleep/I wanna marry Nettie I will say my prayer/She's a sweet young girl That God love me so deep/She the cutest thing He will promise our souls to keep/In this whole word Together, I'll say a prayer/I really want that girl [Celie] (spoken) You want any kids? [Nettie] (spoken) Someday, i guess I know you do [Celie] (spoken) Doctor say I can't have no more kids I think God just want me to take care of you [Nettie] We'll live in big houses [Celie] Put swings in the trees [Nettie] Braid up your gray hair [Both] In the cool of the breeze And one day Our children will sing When I lay me down to sleep I will say my prayer That God love me so deep He will promise our souls to keep Together I'll say a prayer I'll say our prayer