Sweet Orphan 

(Words and music by Kirk McLeod; arranged by Kirk McLeod, Eric Gast, and Dan Stacey) 



Ooh, I swear this February's cold 

I stole a chance to hide down on Duboise Siding road 

Feeling like an orphan looking for a home 

Slowly I wake and the sky turns into gold 

Right now, I think he's headed down 15 

To find a mill down there he says no-ones ever seen 

His father took him there when he was just fifteen 

Well, I don't know but I could've sworn I'd been 



Sweet Orphan won't you say hello to the mill pond for me 

Sweet orphan come alive 



I know I promised I would stay 

For at least a year or more and I'd work for half the pay 

With a thousand voices ringing in my weary head 

Softly they sing to me in bed 



Sweet Orphan won't you say hello to the mill pong for me 

Sweet Orphan come alive 

Sweet Orphan if you say it's true I'll believe you for a while 

Sweet Orphan come alive 



And the rain it whistles lonely on this [pond 

And I think it's sad you never learned to swim 

Now they've torn the old mill down 

And your dress blues are on the ground 

Now there's nothing left, just moss and tired trees 



Sweet Orphan won't you say hello to the mill pond for me 

Sweet Orphan come alive 

Slowly, softly, sweetly come alive 

Sweet Orphan if you say it's true I'll believe you for a while 

Sweet Orphan come alive 

I can't hear your voice any more