In a building I pa** by in window number five
There's a little girl looking down at me
Her mom was never married, so the baby that she carried
Doesn't have a last name you see
Her mama calls her Joan nobody's ever known
Any other name to call her by
Her mama's gone all night on the streets till daylight
But there's a light on in window number five
In window number five there's a picture of an angel
She doesn't seem to know that her life is just a tangle
I can't give her a name and I feel so ashamed, you see I've already got a wife
And a little girl at home just like the one alone that's crying in window number five
Through the window pane she looks out at the rain
And pulls back the window shade to see
I recall with regret the night I can't forget
From that window her mama smiled at me
And for climbing up those steps I can only blame myself
But I didn't know the price was so high
But the one who'll pay the most is the one who doesn't know
The little girl in window number five
In window number five there's a picture of an angel
She doesn't seem to know that her life is just a tangle
I can't give her a name and I feel so ashamed, you see I've already got a wife
And a little girl at home just like the one alone that's crying in window number five