A Child With The Blues - From "Eve's Bayou" Soundtrack

Could have never known that when losin'

Could hurt you so very bad

Could have never known that when chosin'

Would make you so very sad

I don't know what to do, I just feel so confused

I'm a child with the blues

Take your time, smell the flowers

Make a smile for yourself

Girl, don't make livin' so hard

So hard, so hard, I keep tellin' myself

Feels like I'm goin' away

Sometimes it ain't all damn fair

Child with the blues

Sisters, sisters, I know you're watchin' me

There are a lot of games reachin' for you constantly

When you think you're grown, you're entering the unknown

Baby, check yourself

Brace yourself

Protect yourself

Face yourself

Feels like my life is just existing

And I'm missing someone

It's hard to replace the simple fact

'Cause my lover is gone (gone oh, oh)

Never too young to pay dues

And if you're walkin' in my shoes

You're a child with the blues (so blue, so blue)

I can't stop the flow, can't stop it (can't stop it, can't stop it)

Of the wet tears in my eyes, oh

And if you're any of the many kind of women in pain

Woman in pain, rely, rely

Same emotion we share

Movin' fast but goin' nowhere

Like a child with the blues

Child with the blues

A child with the blues, blues, blues, hmm-mm, hmm-mm

This child with the blues

Uh-huh, oh, oh