She sits in the dark
quietly cursing him and this love
while she's rehearsing every line
she's gonna say when she walks away
on a wing and a prayer
Looking back at her in the mirror is a stranger
years that have passed, how they seemed to change her
a woman once able to stand on her own
searches for strength to stand on her own
on a wing and a prayer
On a wing and a prayer
she's leaving tonight
holding her heart in her hands
somewhere out there she knows that she'll find a love that understands
why she left there on a wing and a prayer
She held on to maybe as long as she could, knowing he wouldn't
believeing 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 tonight
holding her heart in her hands
somewhere out there she knows that she'll find a love that understands
why she left there on a wing and a prayer
Somewhere out there she knows that she'll find a love that understands
why she left there on a wing and a prayer
oh, why she left there on a wing and a prayer