Lyrics

Can I Come Live With You
© ERIC LANGBERG 2006

A lonely little boy, a week away from ten
He?s lost and he?s forgotten, doesn?t have a friend
His mother and his father are trying to get ahead
Too busy to kiss and hug him as he goes off to bed
So he lays there in the dark and tries to go to sleep
He says a little prayer as a tear rolls down his cheek

Lord, thank you for my family
I love them Lord I do
But no one knows I?m here
Can I come live with you?

A lady who?s been beaten, her body and her mind
Been torn to little pieces by a man she thought was kind
He tells her that he loves her, he says she don?t love him
She cries that it?s not true but he hits her once again
She can?t imagine leaving, this is how she?ll spend her life
She?ll honor her commitment to be his loving wife

Lord, thank you for my husband
I love him Lord I do
But my broken bones are aching
Can I come live with you?

?Cause everything is better I know it must be true
I?d leave this world behind, If I could live with you

A father lives alone, on the other side of town
Deep within the city, with people all around
But no one comes to see him, his family?s moved away
Stares out a dingy window at the fading of the day
He turns away and sees his worn out easy chair
His medals on the mantle, the uniform he would wear

Lord thank you for this country
I love it, Lord I do
But I have been forgotten
Can I come live with you?

?Cause everything is better I know it must be true
I?d leave this world behind, if only I could live with you