Praying For Peace lyrics

I prayed for peace

They require me to kick into high gear

We may as well have had our PhDs

My quickened pulse was never taken into account

I pray they learn how to talk it out

She would give me a wink across the room

I would've made a really good lawyer

I had a really good strategic way to hide the holes in the wall

Thank God it was the goddamned wall

We were the feminine forces

Who would calm my mother down?

Who would calm me down once I talked her through it?

My mother and I were the official peacemakers

It was a full-time job

I would send my mother directly to bed, yeah

Do not collect $2001

We'd talk about it till 5 am

When I'd visit five years later

We would pray for peace

It was most perfectly familiar and comfortable

1. A reference to the game Monopoly, where each player collects $200 each time they pass the "Go" square. When a player draws the "Go to Jail" card, the card says "Go directly to jail, do no pass Go, do not collect $200."

• Artist:Alanis Morissette