Tender mercy
All alone, I am
mommy’s forever asleep
no daddy to call my own
tender minded innocence
lost and scared of life
This big, big world before me
who’ll hold my hand
so that I don’t fall off?
do I take the ride from the candy man?
who will tell me what to do?
The pain of loneliness is deep
its weight is so hard to bear
who’ll comfort me from nightmares?
oh, just to have the covers pulled up
and a warm kiss goodnight!
I pray each night through my tears
that stain my pretty little gown
I'm falling down into the darkness
no sure hands grasp my trembling ones
Mommy, can you hear me scream?
do my cries echo to your heart?
I long to join you, mommy dear
to follow you in death is better
than to be left here alone in life.
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