Nobody's Child

I'm like a flower just growing wild
They always take some other child and I am left behind
(I'm like a flower just growing wild)
I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child
And they seem to like my big curls of gold
Why the folks all pass me by
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
'Cause I know that it's true that God takes
Little blind children with him in the sky

Sometimes it gets so lonely here I wish that I could die
(I'm nobody's child, I'm nobody's child)
He turned with eyes that couldn't see and he began to cry
No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smiles
Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child

And just like for the other kids there'd be a home for me
But then they take some other little child

And they tell me that I'm oh so pretty
I'd walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see
I just can't seem to understand

But they all seem to pass me by and leave me here alone
No mother's arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry
I know they'd like to take me but when they see I'm blind
Alone a boy was standing and when I asked him why
People come for children and take them to their own
And I'm left here all alone