Nobody's Child - Hank Snow
I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day
And stop there for a moment
Just to watch the children play
Alone a boy was standing
And when I asked him why
He turned with eyes that couldn't see
And he began to cry
I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
People come for children
And take them to their own
But they all seem to pass me by
And leave me here alone
I know they'd like to take me
But when they see I'm blind
They always take some other child
And I am left behind
No mother's arms to hold me
Or soothe me when I cry
Sometimes it gets so lonely here
I wish that I could die
I'd walk the streets of heaven
Where all the blinds can see
And just like for the other kids
There'd be a home for me
I just can't seem to understand
Why the folks all pass me by
'Cause I know that it's true that God takes
Little blind children with him in the sky
And they tell me that I'm oh so pretty
And they seem to like my big curls of gold
But then they take some other little child
And I'm left here all alone
I'm nobody's child I'm nobody's child
I'm like a flower just growing wild
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me I'm nobody's child
