Dignity and grace
abate my tiny face
held hostage by despair
and world's welfare
Darkness looms the day
can't go out and play
filth and hunger rule
and there is no school
Sterile dreams abound
poverty all around
tiny fingers grope
and love is only hope
Wishing on a star
heal this weeping scar
concrete's on my plate
my rescue, I await
abate my tiny face
held hostage by despair
and world's welfare
Darkness looms the day
can't go out and play
filth and hunger rule
and there is no school
Sterile dreams abound
poverty all around
tiny fingers grope
and love is only hope
Wishing on a star
heal this weeping scar
concrete's on my plate
my rescue, I await