Missing the Beat

Your mother throws you on the street

As soon as the sun will rise! 

Bottle in her hand

Glaze across her eyes.

There's one thing you've never known -

The beat of a loving heart;

To sing in tune with society -

Building walls becomes your art

You look to all your friends

Cos that's where you think you will find peace

But will they really stick by you

When ya hunted by the police?

There's one thing you've never known -

The beat of a loving heart;

To sing in tune with society -

Building walls becomes your art.

You do not respect adults

Cos of the void in your soul

Cos of the way your parents treat you

They make you feel so low

There's one thing you've never known -

The beat of a loving heart;

To sing in tune with society -

Building walls becomes your art

You build up walls of resistance

Cos your heart can't take the strain

You've been hurt once too often,

Been left out in the rain.

There's one thing you've never known -

The beat of a loving heart;

To sing in tune with society -

Building walls becomes your art.

You do bad things to get noticed

So the focus is on YOU

But deep inside your heart

You haven't got a clue. 

There's one thing you've never known -

The beat of a loving heart;

To sing in tune with society -

Building walls becomes your art

There's One who can lift you from the pit

Of anger and despair

One who loves with ALL His heart

And for YOU, is always there!

There's one thing you've never known -

The beat of His loving heart

To be able to sing in tune to Him

You can be set apart.

©Carolyn Davison 10th May 2014

Dedicated to all those young people who don't know the love and encouragement their parents should give them!