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[SIRENS WAILING] 00:01
♪♪ 00:05
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT] [SOULFUL CHORAL MUSIC] 00:09
♪ Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone ♪ 00:14
♪ I hear you call my name ♪ 00:22
♪ And it feels like home ♪ 00:27
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC] 00:34
♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪ 00:42
♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪ 00:46
♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪ 00:50
♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪ 00:54
♪ I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing ♪ 00:59
♪ I have no choice, I hear your voice ♪ 01:08
♪ Feels like flying ♪ 01:13
♪ I close my eyes, oh God I think I'm falling ♪ 01:16
♪ Out of the sky, I close my eyes ♪ 01:24
♪ Heaven help me ♪ 01:30
♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪ 01:33
♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪ 01:37
♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪ 01:42
♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪ 01:46
♪ Like a child you whisper softly to me ♪ 01:51
♪ You're in control just like a child ♪ 01:59
♪ Now I'm dancing ♪ 02:05
♪ It's like a dream, no end and no beginning ♪ 02:08
♪ You're here with me, it's like a dream ♪ 02:16
♪ Let the choir sing ♪ 02:22
♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪ 02:25
♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪ 02:29
♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪ 02:33
♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪ 02:37
♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪ 02:42
♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪ 02:46
♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪ 02:50
♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪ 02:55
♪ Oh-Oh, oh-oh, oh-Oh, oh-oh ♪ 03:00
♪ Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone ♪ 03:07
♪ I hear you call my name ♪ 03:16
♪ And it feels like home ♪ 03:21
♪ Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there ♪ 03:25
♪ Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery ♪ 03:29
♪ Just like a dream, you are not what you seem ♪ 03:33
♪ Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there ♪ 03:38
♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪ 03:42
♪ It's like a dream to me ♪ 03:46
-♪ Mm-hm ♪ -♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪ 03:49
-♪ I'll take you there ♪ -♪ It's like a dream to me ♪ 03:53
-♪ Oh yeah ♪ -♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪ 03:57
-♪ I'll take you there ♪ -♪ It's like a dream to me ♪ 04:02
♪ Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 04:05
♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪ 04:08
♪ Oh, hey, hey, hey ♪ 04:10
♪ It's like a dream to me ♪ 04:12
♪ Oh, oh, whoa ♪ 04:14
♪ Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there ♪ 04:16
♪ Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery ♪ 04:20
♪ Just like a dream, you are not what you seem ♪ 04:25
♪ Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there ♪ 04:29
♪ Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there ♪ 04:33
♪ Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery ♪ 04:38
♪ Just like a dream, you are not what you seem ♪ 04:42
♪ Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there ♪ 04:46
♪ Your voice can take me there, like a prayer ♪ 04:53
♪ It's like a prayer ♪ 05:01
♪ It's like a prayer ♪ 05:09
♪ Your voice can take me there ♪ 05:13
♪ It's like a prayer ♪ 05:18
♪ It's like a prayer ♪ 05:26
♪ Your voice can take me there ♪ 05:30

Like A Prayer

By
Madonna
Album
Like A Prayer
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Lyrics:

[English]

[SIRENS WAILING]

♪♪

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT] [SOULFUL CHORAL MUSIC]

♪ Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone ♪

♪ I hear you call my name ♪

♪ And it feels like home ♪

[UPBEAT POP MUSIC]

♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪

♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪

♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪

♪ I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing ♪

♪ I have no choice, I hear your voice ♪

♪ Feels like flying ♪

♪ I close my eyes, oh God I think I'm falling ♪

♪ Out of the sky, I close my eyes ♪

♪ Heaven help me ♪

♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪

♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪

♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪

♪ Like a child you whisper softly to me ♪

♪ You're in control just like a child ♪

♪ Now I'm dancing ♪

♪ It's like a dream, no end and no beginning ♪

♪ You're here with me, it's like a dream ♪

♪ Let the choir sing ♪

♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪

♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪

♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪

♪ When you call my name it's like a little prayer ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there ♪

♪ In the midnight hour I can feel your power ♪

♪ Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there ♪

♪ Oh-Oh, oh-oh, oh-Oh, oh-oh ♪

♪ Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone ♪

♪ I hear you call my name ♪

♪ And it feels like home ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there ♪

♪ Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery ♪

♪ Just like a dream, you are not what you seem ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪

♪ It's like a dream to me ♪

-♪ Mm-hm ♪ -♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪

-♪ I'll take you there ♪ -♪ It's like a dream to me ♪

-♪ Oh yeah ♪ -♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪

-♪ I'll take you there ♪ -♪ It's like a dream to me ♪

♪ Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, I'll take you there ♪

♪ Oh, hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ It's like a dream to me ♪

♪ Oh, oh, whoa ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there ♪

♪ Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery ♪

♪ Just like a dream, you are not what you seem ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there ♪

♪ Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery ♪

♪ Just like a dream, you are not what you seem ♪

♪ Just like a prayer, no choice your voice can take me there ♪

♪ Your voice can take me there, like a prayer ♪

♪ It's like a prayer ♪

♪ It's like a prayer ♪

♪ Your voice can take me there ♪

♪ It's like a prayer ♪

♪ It's like a prayer ♪

♪ Your voice can take me there ♪

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

prayer

/preər/

A2
  • noun
  • - a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity.

name

/neɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known.
  • verb
  • - give a name to.

feel

/fiːl/

A1
  • verb
  • - be aware of (something) through touching.

home

/hoʊm/

A1
  • noun
  • - the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

knees

/niːz/

A1
  • noun
  • - the joint between the thigh and the lower leg in humans.

take

/teɪk/

A1
  • verb
  • - lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

midnight

/ˈmɪdnaɪt/

A2
  • noun
  • - twelve o'clock at night.

hour

/ˈaʊər/

A1
  • noun
  • - a period of time equal to sixty minutes.

power

/ˈpaʊər/

B1
  • noun
  • - the ability to do something or act in a particular way.

voice

/vɔɪs/

A1
  • noun
  • - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.

angel

/ˈeɪndʒəl/

B1
  • noun
  • - a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings.

flying

/ˈflaɪɪŋ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to move through the air using wings

eyes

/aɪz/

A1
  • noun
  • - each of a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see.

falling

/ˈfɔːlɪŋ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to drop or descend under the force of gravity.

heaven

/ˈhevən/

B1
  • noun
  • - a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God or the gods and the angels.

child

/tʃaɪld/

A1
  • noun
  • - a young human being below the age of puberty or full physical development.

dream

/driːm/

A2
  • noun
  • - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.

mystery

/ˈmɪstəri/

B2
  • noun
  • - something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.

choice

/tʃɔɪs/

B1
  • noun
  • - an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.

muse

/mjuːz/

C1
  • noun
  • - (in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences.

Grammar

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