A child with a wounded knee 

Cries out "Take a look at me" 

The tears stream her face 

Å’cause she fell right out of the race 

She asks "Can you fix it for me?" 

I couldn¹t save her pride 

She asks "Can you finish for me?" 

But I knew it just wouldn¹t be right 



I told you once, I told you twice 

I didn¹t really think I gave her bad advice 

But now as I turn around I start to see 

They didn¹t mean it for me 



I jump back to a time I can hardly see 

There I see a little girl the age of three 

Her daddy standing on the corner giving her a sign 

But he just never really seemed to have the time 



He said " I told you once, I told you twice" 

I didn¹t really think he gave me bad advice 

But now as I turn around I start to see 

He didn¹t mean it for me 



A girl sits with her child 

She can¹t even let out a smile 

The tears stream down her face 

Å’cause she pulled herself out of the race 

She asks "How can this happen to me?" 

I couldn¹t look her in the eye 

She asks "Can you take her for me?" 

But I knew it just wouldn¹t be right 



I said "I told you once, I told you twice" 

I didn¹t really think I gave her bad advice 

But now as I turn around I finally see 

They didn¹t mean it for me