Where Have You Gone?

Oh my child where have you gone?

Seems like yesterday you were born at dawn

How could you ever ask me to go on?

I feel like a victim just lying on the lawn,

Oh my child what did you do?

Now my world is all askew

Oh my child what did you do?

Now we can’t even share the view,

You should never have gone before me

Now I’ll never be free

I’m just a bottle floating out into the sea

Why couldn’t I make you happy?

You should have known that I cared

Why wouldn’t you ever let me be there?

The nights are longer now it’s just not fair

Oh my child there were things you should have shared,

Oh my child where have you gone?

Now you’ve left and I have to carry on

Thinking maybe I won’t make it until dawn

Oh my child why have you gone?

This life is empty and full of pain

I knew you felt that just the same

To hurt others was never your aim

Oh my child am I to blame?