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 I was talking to a lady a few days ago
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 And these are the words she said
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 If you see my child somewhere
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 As you journey here and there
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 Tell him I'm waiting for my child to come home


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 I am waiting and waiting for my child to come
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 I'm waiting and waiting for my child to come
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 If you can't come home
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 Could you please send me a letter
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 A letter would mean so much to me


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 Oh my child may be somewhere
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 On his sick bed
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 With no one there to rub his aching head
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 Oh my child may be somewhere
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 In some lonely jail
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 With no one there to go his bail

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 If I only knew what town my child was in
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 I'll be there on that early morning train
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 And no matter what's crime
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 Lord you know that this child is mine
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 That's why I'd be waiting for my child to come home


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 I am waiting and waiting for my child to come
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 I'm waiting and waiting for my child to come
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 If you can't come home
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 Could you please send me a letter
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 A letter would mean so much to me


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 I am waiting, waiting
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 I am waiting and waiting
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 I am waiting for my child to come home