Mothers Baby Boy

VERSE 1. Some people ask for more; I'm an unwed mother; Teen born in my loneliness; I just want love, from anyone; Some people past for joy; I'll take any one; While others seek bigger and better toys; Now I don't want much and I don't ask for gold; Chorus: My heart is purple; Purple is as the rose; Rose to the occasion; And I am not by any means whole; I stand in this land of pearls jewels, nor raisin Cain; As a boat leaves the shore, you leave me alone with Mother's Baby Boy VERSE 2 Some people ask for more Some people past for joy; Some people pace the floors; While others seek bigger and better joys; I explore as you close the doors (on me) Now I still don't want no silver or gold (silver or gold) I just want to be held, want to be loved What does this teenaged girl knows??. . . . Chorus: My heart is purple; Purple is as the rose; Rose to the occasion; And I am not by any means whole; I stand in this land of pearls jewels, nor raisin Cain; As a boat leaves the shore, you leave me alone with Mother's Baby Boy Reframe: I'm suspended yet independent still no nothing; Trying to be grown and. . . of this I shouldn't ignored; My life has just been reborn; Impregnated in my sins, Did' I say I was just a teen My life has just been reborn, a child from God is love; No matter how he comes others say he must stop, but I 'll carry him til I drop; As the boat leaves for shore; he's my Mother's Baby Boy Chorus: My heart is purple; Purple is as the rose; Rose to the occasion; And I am not by any means whole; I stand in this land of pearls jewels, nor raisin Cain; As a boat leaves the shore, you leave me alone with Mother's Baby Boy 09/19/71 from the Short Story Play Omaha North High School/UNO College entry: "Mother's Baby Boy"