WANDERING ON A COLD DARK STREET
NO FOOD IN HIS BELLY
NO SHOES ON HIS FEET
NO HOME TO GO TO
NO ONE THAT CARES
A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD
ONLY DESPAIR IN HIS LIFE
NEVER HAD A KISS OR A HUG
NEVER HEARD THE WORD "LOVE"
NEVER KNEW WHO HIS DADDY WAS
ONLY KNOWS HIS MOM DID DRUGS
JUST NEVER CAME BACK WHEN SHE LEFT ONE DAY
MAN TOLD HIM TO LEAVE,
HE COULDN'T STAY
ONLY CLOTHES HE OWNS, ARE ON HIS BACK
NEVER HEARD, WOULD YOU LIKE A SNACK?
SLAPPED AROUND WHEN MOMMA DID COME HOME
SHE SAID HE'S BAD, THATS WHY HE'S ALONE
HE GROWS UP FAST, HIS HOME MADE OF CONCRETE
ONLY PLACE HE KNOWS, IS THIS DIRTY STREET
FIGHTS TO SURVIVE, EVERYDAY
WONDERS, WILL THIS FRIGHT EVER GO AWAY
NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS TO BE HELD
NEVER KNEW A SOFT BED, OR ENOUGH FOOD
NEVER KNEW LIFE, EXCEPT DRUGS AND DEATH
NEVER KNEW HOPE, ON THAT I WILL BET
FALLS ASLEEP UNDER A COLD, WET STAIR
SHAKING WITH FRIGHT, NOBODY IS NEAR
HASN'T ATE FOR DAYS NOW YOU SEE
WONDERS WHAT ITS LIKE, NOT TO BE ME...
HE DREAMS OF ANGELS TAKING HIM AWAY..
WHEN HE AWAKES, HE LOOKS AROUND AND STARES
EYES WIDE, FEELS HIS SHINY NEW HAIR
TREES AND FLOWERS, KIDS AT PLAY
PUPPIES AND KITTENS, RUN HIS WAY
LOOKS UP AT THE LADY, HOLDING HIM TIGHT
LONG BLONDE HAIR, ALL DRESSED IN WHITE
ENFOLDED IN WINGS, OF FEATHERS AND GOLD
NOW HE KNOWS
HOW IT FEELS
FOR SOMEONE TO HOLD
A LOSS OF A CHILD, WE SEND OUR PRAYERS
BUT HE SMILES DOWN, NO LONGER WITH FEAR
HE'S NOW WHERE LOVE IS EVERYWHERE
ANOTHER CHILD DIES, BUT NO LONGER IN DESPAIR
LOVES HIS NEW LIFE
ITS MUCH BETTER THERE...
I WONDER HOW MANY CHILDREN DO FEEL THIS WAY,
AS THEY LOOK DOWN ON US IN THIS DAY
OF HATE AND GREED, DRUGS AND DEATH
ABUSE, NEGLECT, STARVING, HELPLESS
UNCARED FOR BABIES...
I JUST WONDER AND WILL KEEP ON
'WONDERING...
TO BAD THEY HAVE TO DIE TO KNOW
LOVE
HUGS
PATIENCE
HUMILITY
CARING
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
TO BE HELD
TO BE ALIVE...