LITTLE TOM
WHAT
WILL BE YOUR FATE
LITTLE TOM
WILL YOU BE
SOMEONE GREAT
DO YOU KNOW RIGHT
FROM WRONG
ARE THEY TEACHIN'
YOU AT HOME
OR HAVE THEY
TURNED YOU LOOSE
TO ROAM LITTLE TOM
I WENT INTO A CAFE'
AND ORDERED MYSELF
SOMETHING TO EAT
WHEN A LITTLE BOY
WALKED IN
WITH HIS SHOES
HALF OFF HIS FEET
HE SAID
BUY A PAPER MISTER
I SAID
HOW OLD ARE YOU SON
SEVEN SIR
AND WHEN MY PAPERS
ARE SOLD
I'LL BE ON MY WAY HOME
WHAT'S YOUR NAME
THOMAS
BUT EVERYBODY CALLS ME
LITTLE TOM
THEY NAMED ME AFTER
MY DADDY
BUT THEY SAY
I LOOK LIKE MY MOM
WHY IT'S ALMOST
MIDNIGHT
YOU SHOULD BE HOME
ASLEEP
I KNOW IT
BUT I WANT TO GET ME
A BICYCLE
AND I WANT TO HELP
MOMMY
BUY SOMETHING TO EAT
MY DADDY'S
PRETTY MEAN TO US
AND HE SPENDS MOST OF
HIS MONEY FOR WINE
BUT HE DON'T HOLD
A JOB LIKE OTHER MEN
'CAUSE WELL
HE GETS FIRED
ALL THE TIME
I SAID
HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT
AREN'T YOU HUNGRY SON
HE SAID
I GUESS A LITTLE BIT
I BELIEVE I'LL HAVE
A HAMBURGER
AND A GLASS OF MILK
TO GO WITH IT
I SAID IS THAT ENOUGH
HE SAID
MAKE IT TWO
'CAUSE I AIN'T EAT
SINCE NOON
I SAID
WHERE DO YOU LIVE SON
ON MAIN STREET SIR
THERE'S SIX OF US
LIVES IN ONE ROOM
THERE'S ME AND
MY THREE BROTHERS
MY MOMMY AND MY DAD
BUT SOMEDAY
I'M GOING TO BUY
MOMMY
A BIG HOUSE
IF I HAVE TO
TURN OUT BAD
MY APPETITE LEFT ME
AS I SAT THERE
WATCHIN' HIM
AND I THOUGHT
HE'S JUST
ONE OF THOUSANDS
THAT'S BROUGHT UP
IN A HOME OF SIN
WHERE THEIR PARENTS
DEPRIVE THEIR CHILDREN
AND FORGET THE MAKER
OF ALL MANKIND
AND THEN WONDER
WHY THERE'S
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
WHEN THEY'RE AT FAULT
MOST OF THE TIME
I BIT MY LIP
AND FOUGHT BACK TEARS
AS I WATCHED
THE LITTLE GUY
LEAVE THE CAFE'
AND I WONDERED
HOW MANY MORE
CHILDREN
WOULD BE BROUGHT UP
THAT WAY
LITTLE TOM
WHAT WILL BE
YOUR FATE