Unmarried Mother Lyrics - Clifford T Ward

Sitting in the waiting room 

Of the Department of Social Security 

Waiting for her name to be called out 

So that she may secure their charity. 

She never thought that love 

Could end at all like this 

It was never so in books 

A year ago and she was such a different girl 

Grammar school, respectable, qualifications. 

She studied courses academic 

With the best from University 

But the subject she most needed to succeed in 

Has brought misery. 

Why ever did she never stop to think? 

But then love's not quite like that 

Who ever can she turn to now 

Parents have turned their back on her 

Disgrace to the family. 

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And so surrounded by the weak 

And those in need of our society 

She sits alone and waits rejected 

By the rules of our propriety. 

How ever could we ever let her fall like this? 

So gentle and so young 

Whatever do we really care about 

Heaven knows, I'm sure I don't 

Won't somebody tell me?