She sits in the dark,

Quietly cursing,

Him and his love.

While she's rehearsing,

Every line that she's gonna say.

When she walks away,

On a wing and a prayer.



Looking back at her,

In the mirror's a stranger.

Years that have passed,

How they've seemed to change her.

A woman once able to stand on her own,

Now searches for strength to move on,

On a wing and a prayer.



On a wing and a prayer,

She's leaving tonite,

Holding her heart in her hands.

Somewhere out there,

She knows that she'll find,

A love that will understand.

Why she left there,

On a wing and a prayer.



She held on to maybe,

As long as she could.

Knowing he wouldnt,

Believing he would,

Give her a single reason to stay.

To keep her from breaking away,

On a wing and a prayer.



On a wing and a prayer,

She's leaving tonite,

Holding her heart in her hands.

Somewhere out there,

She knows that she'll find,

A love that will understand.

Why she left there,

On a wing and a prayer.



Somewhere out there,

She knows that she'll find,

A love that will understand.

Why she left there,

On a wing and a prayer.

Oh why she left there,

On a wing and a prayer