Union Prayer

I hear that prayer and praying Will change this world around I fold my hands I bow my head I kneel down on the ground I prayed and prayed by night and day And then I prayed some more I prayed till my tongue was dry as dust And I prayed till my knees had sores Will prayer change shacks to decent homes? Will prayer change sickness into health? Will prayer change hate to works of love? Will prayer get me my right to vote? Will prayer give jobs at honest pay? Will prayer bring stomach full of food? Will prayer make rich treat poor folks right? Will prayer take out the Ku Klux Klan? Will prayer cut down the hoodlum bands? Will prayer stop in the lynchbug hands? If all of these things my prayers can do I'll pray till I am black and blue I'll pray till I am black and blue I'll pray till I am black and blue I'll pray till I am black and blue I'll pray till I am black and blue If prayer will bring us union love I'll pray and pray and pray some more I'll pray all day from door to door And fall at night to pray some more My prayer with a union label My prayer with a union label My prayer with a union label My prayer with a union label