Someone's Child - Gene Watson

He stands in the rain begging for change as people pass him by

And once in a while, he’ll get a nod or a smile with nickels & dimes

But when the sun goes down in his part of town & cold wind blows

He’ll find his way in the dark to a bench in the park where no one knows

Someone used to rock him on their knee

And when he’s cry, they’d sing him lullabies till he was fast asleep

They say he had his daddy’s eyes, his momma’s smile

Oh, they loved him so, but that was long ago when he was someone’s child

The word on the street was he had a degree & a big house in LA

But when it comes to his past, don’t bother to ask cause he’s got nothing to say

People frown & put him down, no one seems to care

That that’s one of us down on his luck standing there

Someone used to rock him on their knee

And when he’s cry, they’d sing him lullabies till he was fast asleep

They say he had his daddy’s eyes, his momma’s smile

Oh, they loved him so, but that was long ago when he was someone’s child

Then the flashing lights light up the night & the sirens scream

And as he breaths his last breath, he drops a photograph that no one’s seen

They say he had his daddy’s eyes, his momma’s smile

Oh, they loved him so, but that was long ago when he was someone’s child