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Broadway Revival (2015)
The Color Purple Musical - Our Prayer Lyrics
"Our Prayer" is a song from the Broadway musical The Color Purple performed by Joaquina Kalukango (Nettie), Cynthia Erivo (Celie), Isaiah Johnson (Mister), Doris, Darlene, Jarene and Pa.
NETTIE:
I wanna know how the world goes.
How far is the moon?
How the sky changes color?
Hope i find out soon.
What you want?
CELIE:
I wanna sit and do nothing.
Make you a new dress.
Hope my babies are happy,
Someplace god will bless.
PA:
Celie! Get to work!
NETTIE:
Ain't no need to discuss.
CELIE:
It ain't worth a big fuss.
NETTIE & CELIE:
Whatever come to us
Is in god's hands.
When i lay me down to sleep,
I will say my prayer
That god love me so deep,
He will promise our souls to keep
Together.
I'll say a prayer.
NETTIE:
Who that man talkin' to pa?
CELIE:
He lookin' for a new wife take care of his mean chirren.
MISTER:
I want to marry nettie.
She a sweet young girl.
PA:
She too young.
MISTER:
She's the cutest thing
In this whole world.
PA:
She gonna be a teacher.
NETTIE:
Picture me in a schoolhouse
With my college degree.
I could teach all my children
To spell tennessee.
PA:
You can have celie, though.
She too old to be livin' at home.
CELIE:
Maybe i'll have a garden
Where birds come to sing.
Know a finch from a sparrow,
Fix a broken wing.
MISTER:
I don't want celie. She ugly.
NETTIE:
I wanna hear your birds sing.
CELIE:
Wanna hear your school bell ring.
NETTIE & CELIE:
No matter what life bring,
Us in god's hands.
PA:
Whyn't you quit comin' 'round here
And just go marry your shug avery?
Church ladies
Shug avery
NETTIE:
Who shug avery?
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Church ladies
Shug avery!
CELIE:
She mister ol' girlfriend.
MISTER:
Shug avery not a child-raisin' woman,
You know that. She the queen honeybee.
PA:
She a low-down ho, is what everybody say.
You lookin' for a new shug avery,
You better go to memphis. All we got here is one
Pretty gal you can't never have, and one ugly gal
PA & MISTER:
. . . That work like a man. I-i-i-i
I-i-i-i really want that girl.
PA:
I told you no!
NETTIE, CELIE & MISTER:
When I I wanna
Lay me down to marry
Sleep, nettie.
I will she a
Say my prayer sweet young girl.
That god love
Me she the
So deep, sweetest thing
He will in this
Promise whole
Our souls wide world.
To keep together. I-i-i-i
I'll say a prayer i really want that girl.
CELIE:
You want any kids?
NETTIE:
Someday, i guess.
We'll live in big houses.
CELIE:
Put swings in the trees.
NETTIE:
Braid up your gray hair
NETTIE & CELIE:
In the cool of the breeze.
And one day
Our children will sing -
When i lay me down to sleep,
I will say my prayer
That god love me so deep,
He will promise our souls to keep
Together.
I'll say a prayer.
I'll say our prayer.
Read more: The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
Our Prayer lyrics The Color Purple Musical
The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
Huckleberry Pie/ Mysterious Ways
Somebody Gonna Love You
Our Prayer
That Fine Mister
Big Dog
Nettie & Lily of the Field
Dear God - Sofia
A Tree Named Sofia
Hell No!
Brown Betty
Shug Avery Comin' to Town
All We Got to Say
Dear God - Shug
Too Beautiful for Words
Push Da Button
Uh-Oh
What About Love?
African Homeland
The Color Purple
Celie's Curse
Miss Celie's Pants
Any Little Thing
What About Love? (Reprise)
I'm Here
The Color Purple (Reprise)
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