Pray of the Stray

The prayer of a stray
Dear God, please send me somebody who'll care!I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair,My body is aching, it's so racked with pain,And dear God I pray as I run in the rain

That someone will love me and give me a home,A warm cosy bed I can call my own.My last owner neglected me and chased me awayTo rummage in garbage and live as a stray

But now, God, I'm tired and hungry and coldAnd I'm so afraid that I might never grow oldThey've chased me with sticks and hit me with stonesWhile I run in the streets just looking for bones!I'm not really bad, God, please help if you can

For I have just become another "Victim of Man"I'm wormy, Dear God, and I'm ridden with fleasAnd all that I want is an owner to pleaseIf you find one for me, God, I'll try to be goodI won't run away and I'll do as I shouldI don't think I'll make it too long on my own'Cause I'm getting so weak and I'm so all aloneEach night as I sleep in the bushes I cry'Cause I'm so afraid, God, that I'm going to die

And I've got so much love and devotion to giveThat I should be given a new chance to liveSo dear God, please, please answer my prayerAnd send me somebody who will really care.

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