Canceled The Prayer At The Altar Lyrics

I canceled the prayer at the altar

I altered the poem at the start

I started to end where I finished

And I finished the smile with a chart

I charted the stars by a love song

And sang to myself in the dark

I canceled the prayer at the altar

And altered the poem in the park

Darker than yesterday's prison

A prisoner free on the street

The street echoes blues on a good day

The day echoes who did you meet?

Meat on a barbecue Sunday

Sunday I lie at your feet

But I canceled the prayer at the altar

And altered the poem from my seat

With my feet slowed by mud and indifference

Indifferent with each passing glance

I'm glancing at shoes on the sidewalk

And side walking through empty romance

Romancing the west end of danger

And dangerously close to a dance

I canceled the prayer at the altar

And altered the poem at first chance

I was dancing through rivers of moonlight

Moonlight just rides on the vine

Lining them up on a fence post

And hosting the things that aren't fine

Fining the sinners for laughing

Laughing at tears in the wine

I canceled the prayer at the altar

And altered the poem by design

I canceled the prayer at the altar

I altered the poem at the start

I started to end where I finished

And I finished the smile with a chart

While I charted the stars by a love song

And sang to myself in the dark

I canceled the prayer at the altar

And altered the poem at the start