Artist/Band:
Ferlin Husky
Lyrics for Song: Little Tom
Lyrics for Album: Essential [Madacy] [2005]
(Clyde Wilson)
Little Tom, what will be your fate
Little Tom, will you be someone great
Do you know right from wrong are they teaching you at home
Or have they turn you loose to roam, Little Tom?
I walked into a cafe and ordered myself something to eat
When a little boy walked in with his shoes half off his feet
He said, ''Buy a paper Mister?'' I said, ''How old are you son?''
''Seven sir, when my papers are sold I'll be on my way home.''
''What your name?'' ''Thomas, but everybody calls me Little Tom.''
''They named me after my daddy but they say I look like my mama.''
I said, ''Why, it's almost midnight son you should be home asleep.''
''I know it, but I wanna get me a bicycle and I gotta help mama buy
somethin' to eat, my daddy's pretty mean to us and he spends most of his
money for wine. He don't hold a job like other men he gets fired all time.''
I said, ''Have somethin' to eat, aren't you hungry son?''
He said, ''I guess a little bit, I believe I'll have a hamburger and a glass
of milk to go with it.''
''Is there enough?'' ''Make it two 'cause I ain't eat since noon.''
''Where you live son?'' ''On Main Street sir, there's six of us livin' in one room.''
''There's me and my three brothers and my ma and my dad
But someday I'm gonna buy me a big house if I don't turn out bad.''
My appetite left me as I sat there watching him
And I thought he's just one of thousands that's brought up in a home of sin.
When the parents neglect the children and forget to make the all menkind
Then wondered why there's ---- most of the time
I bit my lip and fought back tears as I watched the little guy leave the cafe
And I wondered how many more children would be brought up that way.
Little Tom, what will be your fate?...
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