From the recording Listen and Learn
Lyrics
Just 8 years old
A friendless child who never knew
Could understand or figure out why
I was all alone
Surrounded by my so-called friends
Who laughed at me behind my back
Hey……..
Hey…….
A perfect mess
Always lying face down, on the ground
Left and ignored
A well-known joke
Was how I never wore the latest dress and
My clothes were always torn
Get away from me, you don’t understand
Get away from me
How can I be strong
And how can I stand up to all the hurt that’s been done
It’s a little strange
And I feel so very sad that we can do this to ourselves
But I’m a shadow in the darkness
A captive of circumstance
And nothing else matters
I just want to be heard
Get away from me, you don’t understand
Get away from me
Leave me along, I’m begging you
Just play with me and
Get away from me, you don’t understand
Get away from me, ahhhhh
Leave me along, I’m begging you
Just play with me
And we could be friends