If you wrote a book defacing my name   And you wrote a volume disregarding my words   If you used your pen to bring harm to my world   If you thrust your pen through my heart or my eyes      I'll tell you what I'd do back to you      :chorus:   I would look through this ink to a blank page   And burn a prayer for your happiness and well being   A prayer that you may one day find a new pen   With which you could write words of encouragement and praise      I have tried, oh have I tried   I have prayed to you all      This scene is taken from a play   That would come to be known as our lives      :chorus:      I have tried, oh have I tried   I have prayed to you all      This scene is taken from a play   That would come to be known as our lives