with a child of your own?
Little girl, what are you doing
If you haven't got the money,
then I'm betting that you don't
You will need the help of strangers,
and I'm betting that they won't
Little girl, what are you doing
with a child of your own?
Did you lie awake and listen to
the rhythm of your heart?
Did it promise you another life someday?
Till you knew that you just
Little girl, what are you doing
with a child of your own?
Little girl, what are you doing
If you haven't got the money,
and I'm bettin' that you don't
You will need the help of strangers,
and I'm bettin' that they won't
Little girl, what are you do ing
with a child of your own?
Did your mama ever tell you
how you came to be her child?
How your daddy didn't stay
Now she wonders where you run to.
Now her fears are running wild.
Now her baby's got a baby of her own
Did you dream about your baby
while you walked the halls at school?
how perfect she would be?
Now she cries all night from hunger
and you're feeling like a fool
And you know you're feeling
Little girl, what are you doing
with a child of your own?
Little girl, what are you doing
If you haven't got the money,
and I'm betting that you don't
You will need the help of strangers,
Little girl, what are you doing
with a child of your own?
Hey little girl, hey little girl
