O Mother, please
Listen to me
As I walk through the streets
Unobserved

Quiet
Alert
Oh the pain it hurts
As I walk around ever curb.

Forced in the streets
To beg at the feet
Of everyone I see
For a morsel to eat.

I'm calling to you
What else can I do?
Though you don't see
The tears in my eyes
You don't understand
You never did
Now I'm left out here to die

Out in the cold
Trying to be wise
Trying to be bold
As I hide
In my disguise
So no one can see me
Shivering.

But still there is hope
Still there is home
Even if my limbs are quivering.

No not yours
Another's it's true
For you've locked your doors
And windows are few.

I've found a kind sir
Who'd keep me along
Heal all my wounds
And fix all my wrongs
As long as I sing
Him a little song
Find work to care for his children
And I will stay long.

No, I don't have a bed
I eat what I'm fed
Sleep on the ground
In an old bed sheet
I found.

In the basement alone
I dream of my home
Of displays of affection
That were once innocent
Now they are not
In here as I'm taught
They were the cause of my injuries.

Still you don't understand
The problem at hand
You have never heard me
As I would laugh hysterically
And when I would scream
Every moment you would flee
To your own little world.

Goodbye to you
I say farewell
Love you forever
Even when life's not swell
All of these feelings
I mustn't upon dwell
Have a great life
Mother
As I fall down the well.