Oh Child
Album: Heart on the Road
By: The Fortytwo
By: The Fortytwo
Duration
4:11
Genres
Southern/Blues Rock/Rockabilly
Description
One night, a teenager, lost and depressed, took several dozen over the counter cold medications in an effort to ease his burdens. Instead of ending it all, it turned his mind on its end and in a crazed state, he took his sister hostage. The SWAT team was called out. Before it was all over, he shot his mom in the head with a BB gun. Though the mom was not seriously hurt, the child, like his dad before him, went to jail. He doesn’t remember any of it. This is his song.
Lyrics
I’m just sitting in this pink painted room and the angels are singing in my head. I’m not sure why I’m stuck in this locked room, but I know I don’t like sleeping in this bed. The other kids, they say I look so shy; wonder what on earth I’m doing here. I’m not sure cause I was getting high; trying to hide myself from my fears. And the the angels sing “Oh Child, This is not the way, this is not the way.” “Oh Child, Change your life today, change your life today.” I’m just sitting here staring at the walls, listening to the angels sing there songs. I really wish I could make another call, I could ask my mom what I did wrong. But, I know she doesn’t want to talk to me. Hopes that I stay here a long long time. Late at night when the others are asleep, I think about her and I start to cry. And the the angels sing “Oh Child, This is not the way, this is not the way.” “Oh Child, Change your life today, change your life today.” When I get out of here, I’m goin’ back to school. I’m going to graduate, make my momma proud. I won’t be no anybody’s fool, and I won’t hang out with the wrong crowd. I hope the angels keep singing out to me and I hope I always listen to their song. In the end when I’m the person I should be, I hope the angels let me sing along. And the the angels sing “Oh Child, This is not the way, this is not the way.” “Oh Child, Change your life today, change your life today. OH CHILD”
