Jimmie F. Rodgers — Child of Clay

[Verse 1] Into the darkness he was sent By parents who were ignorant, umm, hmm Tied down to his mother's strings Unable to be anything, umm, hmm-hmm Puzzled by the things he hears His questions fall on their deaf ears And the father thinking work comes first Ain't got the time to quench a thirst No-no, no-no, no-no, no-no-no No-no, no-no-no-no, no-no [Chorus] Once he was a child, a beautiful child A child of clay Shaped and molded into what He is today But who is to blame For this child of clay? [Verse 2] And going out into the street At night the answers he may meet, umm, hmm With sick and twisted minds he shares The searching questions his heart bears, umm, hmm And from the dregs the answers find Their way into his supple mind In time the planted seeds will grow Into a twisted vine below No-no, no-no, no-no, no-no-no No-no, no-no-no-no, no-no [Chorus] Once he was a child, a beautiful child A child of clay Shaped and molded into what He is today But who is to blame For this child of clay? [Verse 3] And now his aimless days begin To drift into sordid sin, umm, hmm And soon his dislike turns to hate As the stamp of life seals his fate, umm, hmm-hmm-hmm And so the night conceals his name And the day sleeps off his shame Deprived of love and wrought by fear A feeling that the end is near No-no, no-no, no-no, no-no-no No-no, no-no-no-no, no-no [Chorus] Oh, once he was a child, a beautiful child A child of clay Shaped and molded into what He is today Tell me, who is to blame For this child of clay? [Outro] Once he was a child, a beautiful child A child of clay Shaped and molded into what He is today Oh, who is to blame?