I have lists of things I tell Him every night,
About the ways that I've been wishing that my life could be.
I close my eyes and say, "Help me get some sleep tonight.
I've got a great big day tomorrow, help me get it right."
And on and on go all the wishes, for the money and the business
That will come and go so quickly, but then time stands still.
And I watch the sleeping faces of the ones that I adore,
I see this life I love, and I plead with God above,
To leave it like it is.
The next day's a normal day, but I have changed somehow.
There's a halo made of sunlight touching everything.
I hear my children laugh, I see my baby smile,
And we're just talking over breakfast for a little while.
And all the questions and the wishes and the clean and dirty dishes
That are spread out on the counter seem to disappear.
And I am living in a picture with the ones that I adore.
I see this life I love, and I plead with God above,
To leave it like it is.
And it feels so fragile sometimes,
'Cause it's more than I deserve
And it takes my breathe away.
I watch my daughter put a blanket on a doll,
And I know that she'll grow up and move away.
But not today.
And all the wishing and the wanting, and the dreaming and the
Haunting will come back again tomorrow, time will not be still.
But as I live here in the presence of the ones that I adore,
I know this night won't stay, but I ask God anyway,
To leave it like it is.