Papa, Can You Hear Me?

Album: Yentl soundtrack (1983)
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  • God, our heavenly Father
    Oh God, and my father
    Who's also in Heaven
    May the light
    Of this flickering candle
    Illuminate the night the way
    Your spirit illuminates my soul

    Papa, can you hear me?
    Papa, can you see me?
    Papa, can you find me in the night?

    Papa, are you near me?
    Papa, can you hear me?
    Papa, can you help me not be frightened?

    Looking at the skies
    I seem to see a million eyes
    Which ones are yours?
    Where are you now that yesterday
    Has waved goodbye
    And closed its doors?
    The night is so much darker
    The wind is so much colder
    The world I see is so much bigger
    Now that I'm alone

    Papa, please forgive me
    Try to understand me
    Papa, don't you know I had no choice?

    Can you hear me praying
    Anything I'm saying
    Even though the night is filled with voices?

    I remember ev'rything you thought me
    Ev'ry book I've ever read
    Can all the words in all the books
    Help me to face what lies ahead?
    The trees are so much taller
    And I feel so much smaller
    The moon is twice as lonely
    And the stars are half as bright

    Papa, how I love you
    Papa, how I need you
    Papa, how I miss you
    Kissing me goodnight Writer/s: ALAN BERGMAN, MARILYN BERGMAN, MICHEL LEGRAND
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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