Sweet Melissa, I often pray for you

I hope your suffering was brief

I hope the angels that watch over all little children

Came for you an' took you someplace beautiful and sweet



Suffer the little children



Dear Melissa, I often think of you

Every time I hold my baby in my arms

I say a prayer for your mama and daddy too

I know they miss you, miss you since you're gone



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Suffer the little children at the hands of evil men

No baby dolls, no teddy bears, no lullabies for them

Every mother's nightmare, will it ever end

Suffer the little children at the hands of evil men



You who done the deed better do some prayin' too

Better hope that God's forgivin' like they say

'Cause somewhere, somebody keeps a list of the evils that men do

An' your names right up there, I heard 'em say



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