Eyes Of A Child Lyrics - Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum

She had thirteen kids, each one had thirteen problems 

Three uppers, ten downers, just to put up with this 

And she don't know which children belong to which father 

But she loves them all anyway and they each get a kiss 

And the toilet ain't flushin' and the toaster is smokin' 

The vacuum don't suck but it needs a new belt 

But she saw the world through the eyes of a child 

And remembers how good it was and how good it felt 

He picks up the paper from the bitter cold mornin' 

He'd just gone to sleep, he had to get up for work 

But by morning he's a watchman and by night he's a waiter 

In the late afternoon he works as a clerk 

And he can't pay the doctor bills, he just can't afford the pills 

The car's repossessed and the child supports due 

But he saw the world through the eyes of a child 

Big problems seem smaller and old things seem new 

Well she was just six when she turned her first trick 

Now she's thirteen and it don't make her sick 

And she does lots of crystal and she owns her own pistol 

Got a goldfish named Silver and a pimp who's named Rick 

And some are like customers and some are like patients 

She'd have gone back to school if she'd just had the patience 

But she saw the world through the eyes of a child 

None of the nightmares, and nothin' to deny 

She saw the world through the eyes of a child 

If she's seen it all and she knows they're all lies