Songs about Prayer and/Religion

[BeatleloverKT]

After checking thru all our topics, I could not find one about songs about prayer and religion. There are, I think, a lot of rock songs out there that fall into this category. The song can have it in the title or in a verse, talking about prayer or religion. We should have fun with this! I will start with a fav of mine:

"Losing my religion" by REM

[JohnD131536]

My Prayer - the Platters

[DarcyFarrow]

Hope and Pray (Moody Blues)

[DarcyFarrow]

If It Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen)

[BeatleloverKT]

Heaven for everyone   Queen

[DarcyFarrow]

Falling Leaves (John Denver):

"Thank you for this precious day
These gifts you give to me
My heart so full of love for you
Sings praise for all I see
Oh sing for every mother's child
For every childhood tear
Oh sing for all the stars above
The peace beyond all fear"

[DarcyFarrow]

Oh My God (Police)

[millineutron]

Gotta Serve Somebody -- Bob Dylan

You may be an ambassador to England or France
You may like to gamble, you might like to dance
You may be the heavyweight champion of the world
You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes
Indeed you're gonna have to serve somebody
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody

[millineutron]

I Believe in You -- Bob Dylan      

(We can all use some of this right about now:)

They ask me how I feel
And if my love is real
And how I know I’ll make it through
And they, they look at me and frown
They’d like to drive me from this town
They don’t want me around
’Cause I believe in you

They show me to the door
They say don’t come back no more
’Cause I don’t be like they’d like me to
And I walk out on my own
A thousand miles from home
But I don’t feel alone
’Cause I believe in you

I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter
I believe in you even though we be apart
I believe in you even on the morning after
Oh, when the dawn is nearing
Oh, when the night is disappearing
Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart

Don’t let me drift too far
Keep me where you are
Where I will always be renewed
And that which you’ve given me today
Is worth more than I could pay
And no matter what they say
I believe in you

I believe in you when winter turn to summer
I believe in you when white turn to black
I believe in you even though I be outnumbered
Oh, though the earth may shake me
Oh, though my friends forsake me
Oh, even that couldn’t make me go back

Don’t let me change my heart
Keep me set apart
From all the plans they do pursue
And I, I don’t mind the pain
Don’t mind the driving rain
I know I will sustain
’Cause I believe in you

[millineutron]

Wayfaring Stranger -- Emmylou Harris      (beautiful song)

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling through this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world to which I go

I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep

I'm going there to my mother
She said she'd meet me when I come
I'm only going over Jordan
I'm only going over home

[BeatleloverKT]

Heaven   Rascals

[BeatleloverKT]

Hymn for my Father  Collective Soul

[DarcyFarrow]

Raven's Child (John Denver):

"The true King sits
On a heavenly throne
Never away nor above nor apart
With wisdom and mercy
And constant compassion
He lives in the love
That lives in our hearts"

[BobH07]

Hymn 43:  Jethro Tull

[DarcyFarrow]

Dead Man's Rope (Sting):

"All this wandering has led me to this place
Inside the well of my memory, sweet rain of forgiveness
Now I'm walking in His grace
I'm walking in His footsteps"

[BobH07]

Presence Of The Lord:  Blind Faith

[BobH07]

Knockin On Heaven's Door:  Dylan, Clapton, Zevon and others

[DarcyFarrow]

Pray for Forgiveness (Alicia Keys)

[BobH07]

God Bless The Child:  Blood Sweat and Tears

[SusanF606311]

Get Happy: Ella Fitzgerald

[BeatleloverKT]

Keep the faith  Bonjovi

[MaVolta]

Something To Believe In  -  Poison  (just can't bring myself to edit this song, sorry)

Well I see him on the TV
Preachin' 'bout the promised lands
He tells me to believe in Jesus
And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, yeahTwenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids,
No regrets
In a time I don't remember
In a war he can't forget
He cried forgive me for
What I've done there
'Cause I never meant the things I did"

And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in

Oh, Lord arise
My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve

And they told me the news
I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place
And the mirror, mirror on the wall
Sees my smile it fades again

And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in, oh Lord

Sometimes I wish to God
I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then
Road you gotta take me home

I drive by the homeless sleeping on
A cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read
Jesus Saves
A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they're living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
And it just makes me wonder
Why so many lose, so few win

And give me something to believe in
And give me something to believe in
If there's a Lord above
And give me something to believe in, oh Lord
And give me something to believe in
And give me something to believe in

You take the high road
And I'll take the low road
And give me something to believe in
And give me something to believe in
Yeah sometimes I wish I didn't know now
The things I didn't know then, yeah
And give me something to believe in, yeah, yeah

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Bobby Dall / Bret Michaels / Bruce Anthony Johannesson / Rikki Rocket

Something To Believe In lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

[DarcyFarrow]

Jesus, Take the Wheel (Carrie Underwood)

[BobH07]

Amen:  Impressions

[BobH07]

Who Will Save Your Soul:  Jewel

[BobH07]

Reverend Mr Black:  Kingston Trio

[DarcyFarrow]

For a Dancer (Jackson Browne)

"Keep a fire for the human race
Let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know what will be coming down
Perhaps a better world is drawing near
And just as easily it could all disappear"

[DarcyFarrow]

Back to God (Randy Houser)

[DarcyFarrow]

When the Angels Fall (Sting)

[BobH07]

Hymns To The Silence:  Van Morrison

[DarcyFarrow]

Praying (Kesha)