Murray Head - Pity The Child Lyrics
When I was nine I learned survivalTaught myself not to careI was my single good companionTaking my comfort thereUp in my room I plannedMy conquests on my ownNever asked for a helping handNo one would understandI never asked the pair who fought belowJust in case they said noPity the child who has ambitionKnows what he wants to doKnows that he'll never fit the systemOthers expect him toPity the child who knew his parentsSaw their faultsSaw their love die before his eyesPity the child that wiseHe never asked did I cause your distress?Just in case they said yesWhen I was twelve my father moved outLeft with a whimper not with a shoutI didn't miss him, he made it perfectly clearI was a fool and probably queerFool that I was I thought this would bringThose he had left closer togetherShe made her move the moment he crawled awayI was the last the woman toldShe never let her bed get coldSomeone moved in, I shut my doorSomeone to treat herJust the same way as beforeI took the road of least resistanceI had my game to playI had the skill and more the hungerEasy to get awayPity the child with no such weaponsNo defenseNo escape from the ties that bindAlways a step behindI never called to tell her all I'd doneI was only her sonPity the child but not foreverNot if he stays that wayHe can get all he ever wantedIf he's prepared to payPity instead the careless motherWhat she missedWhat she lost when she let me goAnd I wonder, does she knowI wouldn't call, a crazy thing to doJust in case she said, who?
