In a dingy upstairs room in the dirty part of town

A little girl stood waving from a window

She was calling to me

I was standing down below

And I heard her small voice sayin'

"Hey Mister, won't you to come up here and talk to me?

You ain't got no other place to go

I can't come outside and play 'cause I ain't got no friends

I can't come outside no way 'cause my mom is gone

And locked me in

But there is the key outside the door

it's layin' on the shelf

Won't you to come up here and talk to me

'Cause I get lonesome by myself? "

I was feelin' lonesome too

And I knew just how she felt

And I knew just what she meant

When she said she got lonesome by herself

She kept callin' to me and I thought

Well since her mama's gone

I'll go up and talk to her a while since we're both alone

We got to talkin' and I asked

her why she was there by herself

"Well my mommy never used to leave me by myself at night

But mommy says I'm bigger now

I'm not but that's alright

I don't go to school 'cause I'm not old enough right yet

But I can go to school next year

'Cause next year I'm gonna be six

I used to have a daddy, but he left a long time ago

I asked my mommy why he left

But my mommy says she don't know

I know she loves my daddy

'Cause sometimes when I smile

mommy says I look just like him

Then these tears get in my mommy's eyes

My mommy drinks

I know she does 'cause I can smell it on her breath

Mommy never used to drink

so I know it's 'cause my daddy's gone

And my mommy, she gets lonesome by herself

I sure get lonesome by myself"

How she talked about her daddy, it reminded me of me

How I walked out of my own little girl

And a woman that really loved me

As I was thinkin' of them, she said

"Have you got a little girl that's about the size of me?

Have you got a picture of her I can see? "

I took a picture from my wallet and handed it to her

When she saw the picture I couldn't believe her words

"Hey that's my mommy in that picture!

And that baby, well, that baby must be me!

And you must be my daddy then"

Then the tears rolled down my

face like they never had before

I just couldn't believe it as I held her in my arms

And I said, "I'll wait here until your mama comes

And I'll tell her that I still love her

and I'm sorry that I'd ever left

And I'd like to stay if she let me

'Cause I sure get lonesome all by myself"

"Well, you won't be lonesome now 'cause I love you"