Why

There's a little boy on my street

& his name is Johnny

& all the other little boys like to tell him

That he looks funny

So they laugh at him & he cries

But what has he done that they hate

& to them it's just a game

cause they can't feel the pain

(Well Ya) they're not overweight

Oh tell me why does the world

Have to be so unfair?

All she ever wanted, was to go on a date

She dreamed of the fun she thought that it would be

Staying out late

But tonight she's alone, 16 yr. old mother to be

Her boyfriend said good-bye "Children they just aren't for me"

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So we point at them & laugh

& we make another joke

& we're never giving love to the ones that

need it most (2x)

If cruelty is what makes your day,

& it pain is the name of the game;

Then I don't wanna play

Well another years gone bye, & he's 85 yrs. old today

He's short & weak & his eyes don't work

that well anymore

& his hair's turned to gray.

But even all of that isn't what keeps the

smile from his face;

It's the way that the younger ones

Always try & tell him that he doesn't even

fit in this human race

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