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Maria's Prayer (David Michael Kissinger performance)

from Immigrant Girls (2011) by Dan Sullivan.

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© Dan Sullivan 2011


There's a howling wind
There's a storm outside
There's a knocking on the door
"Please let me in" a voice does cry
From a far off foreign shore

I hear the small voice of a child
Pleading once more
"Please let me in"
The poor boy cries
But no one answers the door

Won’t you spare his life, sweet Jesus
But if it’s not your plan for him
He’ll be knocking on Heaven’s door tonight
Won’t you please let him in

In a barrio
In a border town
80 passengers are squeezed
Into the back of a tractor-trailer
Along with Maria Ruiz

Well, the Border Patrol
Saved most of them
But there among the deceased
They find Maria with her fingers
Still clutching her rosary beads

Won’t you hear her prayers, sweet Jesus
For she’s left this world of sin
She’ll be knocking on Heaven’s door tonight
Won’t you please let her in

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from Immigrant Girls (2011), released May 1, 2011
© Dan Sullivan 2011 (BMI)

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Dan Sullivan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Some people like gardening, working on cars or woodworking. Others enjoy knitting, collecting stamps or coins. That kind of thing. I like writing songs.

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