“Oh Sweet Angel”

Oh, sweet angel Raphael
I’m reachin’ out to you now!
I hear you’re the healin’ angel
So reach me down here somehow!

Oh sweet Raphael, Raphael
angel who heals all infirmity;
I’m on my knees in the rain-
for you can make the blind man see.

The doctor’s givin’ me about a year
as I stretch my arms up towards the sky;
This cancer’s got me in a terrible fear
and all these drugs just make me cry.

bein’ tired all day- can’t get outta bed.
Are these prayers fadin’ into the clouds?
Jesus gave you the gift to keep death at bay
but my bones are on fire and i’m screamin’ aloud!

Raphael! find me here
this rain is fallin hard
too hard to bear!

I’m tired of all these drugs
that kill my body and spirit too,
My will to live is flickerin’-
ain’t no day the sky stays blue.

On my knees, I’m on my knees
for you, oh Raphael-
Jesus ain’t lied to me yet
So I know you can make me well.

So, I cry out for mercy!
as the rain drenches these tired clothes-
I’m burnin’ to live and to love again!
Raphael! stop the rain and do, and do, do what you know……