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Prayer Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein

Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2017

[HANNAH, spoken]
Beulah walks me to church — and when we get there, I light a candle for my son

[BEULAH, spoken]
And I do too

[KEVIN T, spoken]
I suddenly realize what that music was from my dream — it was an old hymn from when I was a kid. I haven’t been to church in years, but for some reason that song was in my head

(sung)
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred
Let me bring your love
Where there is injury
Your pardon, Lord
And where there's doubt
True faith in you

[HANNAH & (KEVIN T)]
Make me a channel of your peace (Make me a channel of your peace)
Where there's despair in life (Where there's despair in life)
Let me bring hope (Let me bring hope)
Where there is darkness, only light (Where there is darkness, only light)

[HANNAH]
And where there's sadness

[HANNAH & KEVIN T]
Ever joy

[RABBI]
Oseh shalom bim'romav
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu
V'al kol yisreal
V'imru, v'imru, amen

(spoken)
There is a man here in town. He’s lived here nearly his entire life. He heard that there was a Rabbi diverted here and he came to find me and tell me his story

[EDDIE (ACTOR 11), spoken]
I was born in Poland, I think. And my parents — they were Jews. They sent me here before the war started — I still remember some of the prayers they taught me. As a boy, I was told I should never tell anyone I was Jewish. Even my wife. But after what happened on Tuesday — so many stories gone, just like that. I needed to tell someone

[ALI, spoken]
During El-Fagir, when most people are asleep it is easier to pray. But at Dhuhr, I can feel them watching me. Sometimes I catch them when they think I’m not looking — and I can see the fear in their eyes

[ANNETTE, spoken]
Excuse me? Beulah wanted me to check on ya. The library’s open for anyone looking for some peace and a quiet place to pray

[RABBI (& EDDIE, hesitantly)]
Ya'aseh shalom (Ya'aseh shalom)
Ya'aseh shalom (Shalom)
Shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael
Ya'aseh shalom (Ya'aseh)
Ya'aseh shalom (Shalom)
Shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael

[HINDU PASSENGERS]
Asato ma
Sad gamaya
Tamaso ma
Jyotir gamaya
Tamaso ma
Jyotir gamaya
Mrityor ma amritam
Gamaya
Om Shanti
Shanti shanti

[BEULAH, HANNAH, KEVIN T & SINGER 10]
O master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled
As to console
To be understood
As to understand
To be loved
As to love with all my soul

[JEWISH PASSENGERS]
Oseh shalom bim'romav
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu
V'al kol yisrael
V'imru amen

Ya'aseh shalom (Ya'aseh shalom)
Ya'aseh shalom (Shalom)
Shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael
Ya'aseh shalom (Ya'aseh)
Ya'aseh shalom (Shalom)
Shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael

[PASSENGERS 1 & 6]
Ya'aseh shalom
Ya'aseh shalom

[ALI, spoken]
Allahu Akbar
Subbhaan Rabbi al Azeem
Allahu Akbar
Subhaan Rabbia Al-Aala’a
Allahu Akbar
Alhamdulilah

[KEVIN T]
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life
Let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness
Ever joy
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Irene Sankoff and David Hein

Irene Sankoff and David Hein

About “Prayer” by Irene Sankoff and David Hein

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"Prayer" is credited to Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Prayer" appears on "Come From Away (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2017.

Visit the Irene Sankoff and David Hein artist page at /artist/irene-sankoff-and-david-hein for biography, popular tracks, and links to more lyric pages.

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