A Minute to Rest and a Second to Pray Songtext
von Solomon Burke

Though my heart is heavy with grief
My faith is strong
Brings me relief

Sometimes my dreams are closer
Sometimes my dreams are so far away

You got a minute to rest
A second to pray

Now I′ve gotta fall down on my knees
You can face the west
You can face the east

My tired eyes can see
The coming of a better day

A minute to rest
A second to pray
A minute to rest
A second to pray


It's the last thing you hear
The first thing you fear
The sound of wasted years
And a pale widow′s tears

Battles cross the ocean
Battles outside my door
When night falls upon me
Falls upon my mind

Before I lay, before I lay, before I lay

I got a minute to rest
And a second to pray
You get a minute to rest
Just a second to pray
You get a minute to rest
And a second to pray
You get a minute to rest
And a second to pray
You get a minute to rest
And a second to pray

Pray for the ones you love
Pray to the heavens above
You got a second
You got a minute to rest


Get it in your mind, take up the time
You got a second to pray
Don't think about yesterday
Take a minute to rest and a second to pray
You only got a minute to rest, to rest, to rest, to rest, to rest
Sleep on it
And a second to pray