Nobody's Child Lyrics - Hank Snow

I was slowly passing an orphan's home one day 

And stop there for a moment just to watch the children play 

Alone a boy was standing and when I asked him why 

He turned with eyes that couldn't see and he began to cry 

I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child 

I'm like a flower just growing wild 

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles 

Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child 

I just can't seem to understand 

Why the folks all pass me by 

'Cause I know that it's true that God takes 

Little blind children with him in the sky 

And they tell me that I'm oh so pretty 

And they seem to like my big curls of gold 

But then they take some other little child 

And I'm left here all alone 

People come for children and take them to their own 

But they all seem to pass me by and leave me here alone 

I know they'd like to take me but when they see I'm blind 

They always take some other child and I am left behind 

No mother's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry 

Sometimes it gets so lonely here I wish that I could die 

I'd walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see 

And just like for the other kids there'd be a home for me 

(I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child) 

(I'm like a flower just growing wild) 

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles 

Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child