The Despised Child

You will never amount to anything Was all I ever heard And as the years went by It was all I ever knew

I didn't care what they thought I hardly ever smiled They didn't care anyway I was the despised child

Now they wonder why I never come around Those fools ignored me for years And so I left town

I didn't care what they thought I hardly ever smiled They didn't care anyway I was the despised child

Now I have found a home Where I know I have love And I try to overcome the pain I try to rise above

I didn't care what they thought I hardly ever smiled They didn't care anyway I was the despised child

I hold my children everyday And say I love you I'll never force them to be like me They are too much to lose

I didn't care what they thought I hardly ever smiled They didn't care anyway I was the despised child