River Phoenix to a child
Little child,
dry your tears
Stand strong through your
fatherless years
Little child,
hold fast tonight
Don't look back through your
fatherless fight
Little child,
emotionless child
Hard as stone
Your heart is so wild
Little child,
waiting up at night
Hoping to hear
A father's step tonight
Little child,
praying for Father
Hold your tongue
He would tell you not to bother
Little child,
heart wrenched in pain
Don't let it show,
For you are not to blame
Little child,
the innocence of life
Standing on the stairs
Watching daddy beat his wife
Little child,
beaten and worn
Fighting back in the night
Heart shredded and torn
Little child,
holding your mother
Hiding your pain
Keeping her together
Little child,
you kept mommy safe
Cold as the winter
You weren't too late
Little child,
dying tonight
Stabbed by your daddy
You are the warrior who won your fight.
Little child,
stepping with me into the sun
You are with me now in Heaven
Your bad life on Earth is done
dry your tears
Stand strong through your
fatherless years
Little child,
hold fast tonight
Don't look back through your
fatherless fight
Little child,
emotionless child
Hard as stone
Your heart is so wild
Little child,
waiting up at night
Hoping to hear
A father's step tonight
Little child,
praying for Father
Hold your tongue
He would tell you not to bother
Little child,
heart wrenched in pain
Don't let it show,
For you are not to blame
Little child,
the innocence of life
Standing on the stairs
Watching daddy beat his wife
Little child,
beaten and worn
Fighting back in the night
Heart shredded and torn
Little child,
holding your mother
Hiding your pain
Keeping her together
Little child,
you kept mommy safe
Cold as the winter
You weren't too late
Little child,
dying tonight
Stabbed by your daddy
You are the warrior who won your fight.
Little child,
stepping with me into the sun
You are with me now in Heaven
Your bad life on Earth is done
