My Child Lyrics - The Blood Brothers

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 

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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 

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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.