Tuesday, July 13, 2010

LIFE SONG: Throwaway Baby

[to be sung by a man, sadly; guitar?]

I had a wonderful life
and a marriage to envy,
a job I enjoyed and a partner to prize.
The world was a place
to cherish and treasure;
I had no complaints,
I could not criticize.

When I found that my wife
was expecting my baby
it seemed like my cup
overflowed more and more.
I wanted a family,
I longed for an heir,
a daughter or son
to teach and adore.

But my wife didn't want it--
How painful the day--
I has happy 'til then,
'til the afternoon when,
'til the woman I loved
threw the baby I wanted
away

My wife didn't want it--
How painful the day--
when the woman I loved
threw the baby I wanted
away.

Lyrics by Jessica Shaver c) 1988

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