Song Description

A song about abortion from the unborn fetus' view.

Lyrics

Child Waiting
Half alive and in the street the reds and greens are moving by so slowly
undefined and incomplete I pass the time
make up your mind about me
are you thinking of me, are you wanting me
these walls surround me babe
won?t you let me breathe
Child waiting for the girl to want me
child waiting for the girl to know me
child waiting for young girl to want me
child waiting for...
A young man in a uniform
a passing train, an open invitation
when foreplay?s just a drink or two
sometimes the liquor gets to you
and maybe, just maybe
Maybe you?re not thinking of wanting me
and you?re not scared of anything
but you?re too young for me
(repeat chorus)
And did you think I would disappear and then
erase the memory of a one-night stand
oh the ground is hardest where you land
but I can?t walk away like you can
Half alive and in the street
the reds and greens are moving by
so slow around the air I see
that I can only hope to breathe
and oh, the chains from you to me
will never really be cut free
I?ll always be a part of you
and you?ll always be a part of me
and the child is waiting for
a football game, a bedroom door
a bicycle, a summer breeze
a chance to skin his little knees
and maybe one dark night
he?ll call your name in youthful fright
of shadows on the bedroom door
or a tapping on the window
a chance to be believed
a chance to breathe the air you breathe
a chance to leave a legacy
a chance to leave a legacy
© J. Roberti 1997