"Pray for You" — the blues man invoking divine help on someone's behalf.
Know i love you for myself
Yes, and you're gone to somebody else
And i'm worried yes, i'm worried all alone
I go to bed prayin' each night
I'm hopin' darlin', you'll treat me right
And i'm worried yes, as a man can be
All i can do is pray
Hope that maybe i'll find you someday
But until then, darlin' i'll pray all day long
I'll do everything i can
Tryin' to get you to understand
I don't want to see you round, darlin' with other men
Ah, you know i love you, love you for myself
Gone and left me for somebody else
All i can do is pray for you
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- A B.B. King recording. Prayer — invoking the sacred for someone else's benefit — connects the blues to its roots in the Black church tradition that ran parallel through the same communities.