Is this what you wanted?

Nobody won

And everything broken

Before it even begun



Is this what your dreams held

When you first held me?

Did somebody tell you

What a little child needs?



But somebody say a prayer for me

Wish I'd do better than anyone here

Wish I'd make something out of life

Wish I'd make somebody proud



Why can't I go now

And never look back?

Do you suddenly need me

To keep your life on track?

You've done nothing, nothing,

Nothing worth anything right

Holding me down in your shadow,

Keeping me away from the light



And someone who'd say a prayer for me

Someone who knows how to get out of here

Someone who'd gladly step aside

To let me have some kind of life



Is this what you wanted,

Oh, mother of mine?

Did you ever listen

When your little baby cried?



Somebody say a prayer for me

Wish I'd do better than anyone here

Wish I'd make something out of life

Wish I'd make somebody proud



Is this what you wanted,

Oh, mother of mine?

Did you ever listen

When your little baby cried?