Karaoke Track: Pity The Child by Chess (Pocket Songs) - Karaoke Nerds

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When I was nine
llearned survival

Taughtmyself not to care

I was my single

Good companion

Taking my comfort there

Up in my room

I planned my conquests

On my own
Never asked for a helping hand
And no one would understand

I never asked the pair
Who fought below

Just in case they said No.

Pity the child who has ambition
Knows what he wants to do

Knows that he'll never
Fit the system
Others expect him to

Pity the child
Who knew his parents

Saw their faults
Saw their love die before his eyes
Pity the child that wise

He never asked
Did I cause your distress?

Just in case they said Yes.

When I was twelve
My father moved out

Left with a whimper
Not with a shout

I didn't miss him
He made it perfectly clear

I was a fool and probably queer

Fool that I was
lthought this would bring

Those he had left closer together

She made her move
The moment he crawled away.

I was the last the woman told
She never let her bed get cold

Someone moved in
I shut my door

Someone to treat her
Just the same way as before.

I took the road of least resistance
I had my game to play

I had the skill
And more--the hunger

Easy to get away

Pity the child
With no such weapons

No defense, no escape
From the ties that bind

Always a step behind

I never called to tell her
All I'd done

I was only her son!

IMusical Interludel

Pity the child, but not forever
Not if he stays that way
He can get all he ever wanted

If he's prepared to pay

Pity instead the careless mother
What she missed,

What she lost when she let me go

And I wonder does she know?
I never called.

A crazy thing to do
Just in case she said Who?

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Title: Pity The Child
Artist: Chess
Brand: Pocket Songs
(1 Other Versions)
Codes: JTG060-12 PSJT60-12
Genre: show tunes