The little girl (Listen to original song)

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1. Her parents never took the young girl to church,

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never spoke of His name, never read her his word. 

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Two non-believers walking lost in this world, 

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took their baby with them, what a sad little girl.

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2. Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs,

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never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs. 

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She'd watch the tv and sit there on the couch,

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while her mom fell asleep and her daddy went out.

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And the drinking and the fighting just got worse every night,

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behind their couch she'd be hiding, oh what a sad little life.

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3. And like it always does, the bad just got worse,

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with every slap and every curse.

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Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night,

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used a gun on her mom and then took his life.

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And some people from the ci…ty took the girl far away, 

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to a new mom and a new dad, kisses and hugs everyday.

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4. Her first day of Sunday School, the teacher walked in, 

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and a small little girl stared at a picture of Him.

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She said, I know that man up there on that cross,

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I don’t know His name, but I know he got off.

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‘Cause he was there in my old house,

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and held me close to his side,

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as I hid there behind our couch,

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the night that my parents di…..ed.

(capo 1st) (John Michael Montgomery)