Pandora's Box - Tom Paxton

Night passed so slowly

All the dreams were bad

Pandora’s box fell down

It broke open

All of my memories

Bound to make me sad

I heard every unkind word I’d spoken

Hard though I tried

I couldn’t get myself awake

Hard though I cried

I would remember each mistake

Prayin' for sunrise

Prayers were all I had

Prayers and all the promises I’d broken

Hmmmmmm

Hmmmmmm

How can I make it

Feelin' this a-way

Not at all convinced

To go on living

No place to go to

No excuse to stay

One more soul in bad need of forgiving

Hard though I tried

I couldn’t get myself awake

Hard though I cried

I would remember each mistake

Hangin' on till sunrise

Livin' day by day

Prayin' for grace and faced with a need for living

Hangin' on till sunrise

Livin' day by day

Prayin' for grace and faced with a need for living