I sit alone and God I'm so afraid
Mom's at work, she needs the pay
she can't afford to pay for my care
so at the walls I sit and stare
Mom says son now please don't cry
you're so big now boy you're almost five
the hunger pains they'll have to wait
Mom won't be home 'til the hands on eight
Bless the children and let them grow
with no concerns, no tortured soul
let them live a life that's pain free
their face of innocence, it shouldn't be
I'm in bed and it's still the same
Dad will come, he'll play his games
he says sshhh now don't wake Mom
this won't hurt, baby you'll have fun
He climbs on top, he then enters me
it burns my insides, it makes me bleed
Dad's no finished says says I was great
I do so good for a girl that's eight
Bless the children and let them grow
with no concerns, no tortured soul
let them live a life that's pain free
their face of innocence, it shouldn't be
Mom she drinks all the time it seems
drinks so much her eyes they gleam
we don't have food, my clothes are torn
she never worries how much I'm worn
All she cares about and all she needs
is her bottle from what she feeds
with me she never talks or plays
from her bottle she never strays
Bless the children and let them grow
with no concerns, no tortured soul
let them live a life that's pain free
their face of innocence, it shouldn't be
I'm a big boy now I'm almost four
sometimes I drop things on the floor
my Daddy he screams, he makes me scared
and says I'm stupid to leave it there
he slaps my face, he hits my bum
he kicks and hits until he's done
he walks away and leaves me there
is it my fault Daddy doesn't care
Bless the children and let them grow
with no concerns, no tortured soul
let them live a life that's pain free
their face of innocence, it shouldn't be
These gifts of God are in our care
their joyous lives for us to share
love them true and raise them right
in your arms please hold them tight
Show them a path that's straight and true
let them learn all that they can do
when faced with life of love not pain
it is all of us that will truly gain
Bless the children and let them grow
with no concerns, no tortured soul
let them live a life that's pain free
their face of innocence, it shouldn't be