Lyrics

Love Hungry Child

Music and Lyrics: Jason Van Meter

Racing wrong down a one way road on a skateboard in the rain
While dodging traffic, smoking cigarette,
Broken glass sparkles in the lane
Such an angry boy, such a hateful boy
It?s all in the expression he gives,
Learned from broken toys, train track joys
Or the projects where his mama lives

They don?t give a thought about him
Driving by in their brand new cars
?Hit the horn if he gets too close, dear, he looks wild?
Just a love hungry child

When she turned sweet sixteen, Daddy still forgot the day,
Hasn?t called since the night threw him away
Mama?s been drunk from the day the paper were filed
It?s no coincidence, she herself, is a love hungry child
She met the boy at the laundromat
He looked at her like no one else had
By the time that the clothes had dried
They held trembling hands

It was just that quick, attention deficit,
A couple of heart broke kids
Who feel they?re old enough for growing up
To do just what their parents did
They didn?t even see it coming
When she felt another heart inside
Striving for existence, innocent, meek and mild
A love hungry child, just a love hungry child?
(fade out)