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song lyrics My Child lyrics MRS LYONS HELLO, MRS J. HOW ARE YOU? MRS J.? ANYTHING WRONG? MRS JOHNSTONE I HAD IT ALL WORKED OUT. WITH ONE MORE BABY WE COULD HAVE MANAGED. BUT NOT WITH TWO, THE WELFARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON TO ME. MRS LYONS TWINS? YOU RE EXPECTING TWINS? NARRATOR HOW QUICKLY AN IDEA, PLANTED, CAN TAKE ROOT AND GROW INTO A PLAN. THE THOUGHT CONCEIVED IN THIS VERY ROOM GREW AS SURELY AS A SEED, IN A MOTHER S WOMB MRS LYONS GIVE ONE OF THEM TO ME. PLEASE, MRS JOHNSTONE. PLEASE. MRS JOHNSTONE ARE Y .... ARE Y THAT DESPERATE TO HAVE A BABY? MRS LYONS EACH DAY I LOOK OUT FROM THIS WINDOW I SEE HIM WITH HIS FRIENDS, I HEAR HIM CALL, I RUSH DOWN BUT AS I FOLD MY ARMS AROUND HIM HE S GONE. WAS HE EVER THERE AT ALL? I VE DREAMED OF ALL THE PLACES I WOULD TAKE HIM THE GAMES WE D PLAY THE STORIES I WOULD TELL THE JOKES WE D SHARE, THE CLOTHING I WOULD MAKE HIM I REACH OUT. BUT AS I DO, HE FADES AWAY. MRS JOHNSTONE IF MY CHILD WAS RAISED I A PALACE LIKE THIS ONE HE WOULDN T HAVE TO WORRY WHERE HIS NEXT MEAL WAS COMIN FROM HIS CLOTHING WOULD BE SUPPLIED BY GEORGE HENRY LEE MRS LYONS HE D HAVE ALL HIS OWN TOYS AND A GARDEN TO PLAY IN MRS JOHNSTONE HE COULD MAKE TOO MUCH NOISE WITHOUT THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAININ MRS LYONS SILVER TRAYS TO TAKE MEALS ON MRS JOHNSTONE A BIKE WITH BOTH WHEELS ON? MRS LYONS AND HE D SLEEP EVERY NIGHT IN A BED OF HIS OWN MRS JOHNSTONE HE WOULDN T GET INTO FIGHTS HE D LEAVE MATCHES ALONE AND YOU D NEVER FIND HIM EFFIN AND BLINDIN AND WHEN HE GREW UP HE COULD NEVER BE TOLD TO STAND AND QUEUE UP FOR HOURS ON END AT THE DOLE HE D GROW UP TO BE MRS LYONS / MRS JOHNSTONE A CREDIT TO ME MRS JOHNSTONE TO YOU? MRS LYONS YES. MRS JOHNSTONE I WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY, WOULDN T I? MRS LYONS OF COURSE MRS JOHNSTONE AN .... AN YOU WOULD LOOK AFTER HIM, WOULDN T Y ? MRS LYONS I D KEEP HIM WARM IN THE WINTER AND COOL WHEN IT SHINES I D PULL OUT HIS SPLINTERS WITHOUT MAKING HIM CRY I D ALWAYS BE THERE IF HIS DREAM BECAME A NIGHTMARE MRS JOHNSTONE & MRS LYONS MY CHILD MY CHILD MY CHILD MRS LYONS MRS J. WE MUST MAKE THIS A BINDING AGREEMENT. NARRATOR IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE THING WAS DONE, NOW THERE S NO GOING BACK, FOR ANYONE, IT S TOO LATE NOW FOR FEELING TORN THERE S A PACT BEEN SEALED, THERE S A DEAL BEEN BORN. song lyrics