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In a dingy upstairs room in a dirty part of town
A little girl stood waving from a window
She was calling to me I was standing down below
And I heard her small voice saying
Hey mister why don't you come up here and talk to me
If you ain't got no other place to go
I can't come outside and play 'cause I ain't got no friends
I can't come outside no way cause my mama's gone and locked me in
But there's a key outside the door it's laying on the shelf
Why don't you come up here and talk to me
Cause I get lonesome by myself
I was feeling lonesome too and I knew just how she felt
And I knew just what she meant when
She said she got lonesome by herself
She kept calling to me and I thought well since her mama's gone
I'll go up and talk to her awhile since we're both alone
We got to talking and I asked her why she was there by herself
Well my mama never used to leave me by myself at night
But mama says I'm a big girl now I'm not but that's alright
I don't go to school 'cause I'm not old enough right yet
But I can go to school next year cause next year I'm gonna be six
I used to have a daddy but he left a long time ago
I asked my mama why he left but my mama said she don't know
I know she loves my daddy 'cause sometimes when I smile
Mama says I look just like him
Them big tears get in my mama's eyes
My mama drinks I know she does cause I can smell it on her breath
But mama never used to drink though I know it's 'cause my daddy's gone
And my mama she just gets lonesome by herself
I sure get lonesome by myself
As she talked about her daddy it reminded me of me
And how I'd walked out on my own little girl
And a woman that really loved me
As I was thinking of them she said
Have you got a little girl that's about the size of me
Have you got a picture of her I can see
I took a picture from my wallet and handed it to her
When she saw the picture I couldn't believe her words
Hey that's my mama in that picture and
That baby well that baby must be me
And you must be my daddy then
Then the tears rolled down my face like they never had before
I just couldn't believe it as I held her in my arms
And I said I'll wait here till your mama comes
And I'll tell her that I still love her and I'm sorry that I ever left
And I'd like to stay if she'll let me
'Cause I sure get lonesome all by myself
Well you won't be lonesome now cause I love you
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