Caroline will be staying home tonight
her child is sick
it's nothing much, he's going to be alright
she loves him so
another night to spend alone
the fun of youth she's never known
she's a mother now

at seventeen she thought she knew it all
like most of us
trying to run before she could hardly crawl
afraid to miss the bus
her parents just didn't understand
they were strangers in a child's land
she's the stranger now

all she ever wanted was a place of her own
somewhere to tell the world
"hey look now I'm grown"
then someone told her one day
the answer was well known
just have yourself a child
and they must find you a home

it seemed so simple and a lovely child as well
that was hers alone
she never realised just what she had to sell
till it was gone
another night she sits alone
no one to see how much she's grown
she's a mother now

Caroline will be staying home tonight
her child is sick
it's nothing much, he's going to be alright
is there nothing more?


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