Somebodie's Child

Story Behind The Song

I went to a wedding in San Fransisco and took my dog out at 3 am and tripped all over the sleeping homeless people on my way to the Union Station Park.

Song Description

Homeless people in the United States

Song Length 5:00 Genre Folk - Alternative, Unique - Unclassified
Tempo Non 4/4 Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Peaceful, Poignant Subject Politics, You, Yours
Similar Artists Bob Dylan, Joan Baez Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

Somebody's Child
Laurie and Rick Williams (c) 2002


It's 4 AM and the streets are still -
store's locked up - I've some time to kill
Just takin' in the noise of the quiet,
before morning wakes to the riot.

The gods are tender and the winds blow mild
but huddled in the doorway lies somebody's child
a nameless heap of rags and grime
that has no sense of passing time

chorus:
Somebody's child has no home but the ground
somebody's child no one wanted around
somebody's child had a name now it's gone
somebody's child had a life that's gone wrong
one wrong turn and the world turns cruel
that somebody's child could be you

V2
It's 5 AM and I'm wide awake
that somebody's child was he just a mistake
are those somebody's children that sleep outside buildin's
Where's their Mothers or Fathers or Sisters or Brothers?

Chorus repeat

Bridge
Just a heap with no name society's shame
Like weeds growin' wild, they're all somebody's child

repeat chorus

Lyrics Laurie A J Williams Music Eick Williams
Producer Williams and Williams Publisher Indie
Performance :aurie Williams - vocals; instrumentals and arrangement - Rick Williams Label River Road Recordings
This track is on 2 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Williams and Williams My Top Songs 5/11/2017
clarez My Top Songs 9/10/2007

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