《Little Tom》歌词

[00:03:19] Little Tom, what will be your fate'

[00:03:19] Little Tom, will you be someone great'

[00:03:19] Do you know right from wrong, are they teaching you at home'

[00:03:19] Or have they turned you loose to roam Little Tom'

[00:03:19] I walked into a cafe and ordered myself something to eat

[00:03:19] When a little boy walked in with his shoes half off his feet

[00:03:19] He said, 'Buy a paper, Mister,' I said, "How older are you son"

[00:03:19] "Seven, sir and when my papers are sold, I'll be on my way home"

[00:03:19] "What's your name"

[00:03:19] "Thomas but everybody calls me Little Tom

[00:03:19] They named me after my daddy but they say, I look like my mom"

[00:03:19] "Why it's almost midnight son, you should be home asleep"

[00:03:19] "I know it but I wanted to get me a bicycle

[00:03:19] And I gotta help mommy buy somethin' to eat

[00:03:19] My daddy's pretty mean to us"

[00:03:19] And he spends most of his money for wine

[00:03:19] And he don't hold a job like most other men

[00:03:19] "Cause well, he gets fired all the time"

[00:03:19] I said, "Have somethin' to eat

[00:03:19] Aren't you hungry"

[00:03:19] He said, "I guess a little bit

[00:03:19] I believe I have a hamburger and a glass of milk to go with it"

[00:03:19] I said, "Is that enough"

[00:03:19] He said, "Make it two 'cause I ain't eat since noon"

[00:03:19] Where do you live son'

[00:03:19] 'On Main Street sir

[00:03:19] There's six of us livin' in one room'

[00:03:19] There's me and my three brothers and my mommy and my dad

[00:03:19] But someday, I'm gonna buy mommy a big house

[00:03:19] If I have to turn out bad'

[00:03:19] My appetite left me

[00:03:19] As I sat there watchin' him

[00:03:19] And I thought, he's just one of thousands

[00:03:19] That's brought up in a home of sin

[00:03:19] Where their parents abused their children

[00:03:19] And forget to maker the all mankind

[00:03:19] And then wondered why there's juvenile delinquency

[00:03:19] When they are at fault most of the time

[00:03:19] I bit my lip and fought back tears

[00:03:19] As I watched the little guy leave the cafe

[00:03:19] And I wondered, how many more children

[00:03:19] Would be brought up that way

[00:03:19] Little Tom, what will be your fate'

[00:03:19] Little Tom, will you be someone great'