Looking out my window pane,

Sitting by the door alone

She's left me once again,

Cheap wigs and long black hose.

It's an every night affair,

With someone new she says

I've lost my taste for toys

I bring joys to little boys.



She puts on her brand new face

Her baby blues and long white lace

She turns to hug and hold me tight

Whatever soothes me in my fright.

She's gonna soon be leaving town,

With some other man she's found

She tells me I'm a big boy now,

And just be a little, little proud.



Mother can't you see what I need??

Mother can't you hear when I plead??



Broken hearts and broken dreams,

Are what I've made my life it seems

Little children soon grow old

So that's what I'm taught and told

I can't explain the pains I hide

No matter how I try and try

Everything I do seems wrong,

Ever since the day I was born.



Mother can't you see what I need??

Mother can't you hear when I plead??



Solo



Wipe the tears away from my face,

As I turned and walked from that place

Leave my past behind without a trace



Looking back I'm older now

Seems I might have cried too loud

It took too long to see

I was the one to set me free

Some people say I'm looking good

And for my age I really should

I'm just an old man on the brink

And maybe that's the way that they think.




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