Pity The Child lyrics

Artist  : Various 
Song : Pity The Child
 
Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, and Bjorn
Ulvaeus
THE AMERICAN:
 When I was nine I
learned survival
 Taught myself not to
care
 I was my single good companion

Taking my comfort there
 Up in my room I
planned my
 conquests
 On my own -- never
asked for a
 helping hand
 No one would
understand
 I never asked the pair who
fought
 below
 Just in case they said
no
 Pity the child who has ambition
 Knows
what he wants to do
 Knows that he'll never
fit the system
 Others expect him to
 Pity
the child who knew his parents
 Saw their
faults
 Saw their love die before his eyes

Pity the child that wise
 He never asked "Did I
cause your
 distress?"
 Just in case they
said yes
 When I was twelve my father
moved
 out
 Left with a whimper -- not with
a shout
 I didn't miss him -- he made it
perfectly
 clear
 I was a fool and probably
queer
 Fool that I was I thought this would

bring
 Those he had left closer together

She made her move the moment he
 crawled
away
 I was the last the woman told
 She
never let her bed get cold
 Someone moved in
-- I shut my door
 Someone to treat her just
the same
 way as before
 I took the road of
least resistance
 I had my game to play
 I
had the skill, and more -- the hunger
 Easy to
get away
 Pity the child with no such
weapons
 No defense, no escape from the
ties
 that bind
 Always a step behind
 I
never called to tell her all I'd done
 I was
only her son!
 Pity the child but not
forever
 Not if he stays that way
 He can
get all he ever wanted
 If he's prepared to
pay
 Pity instead the careless mother
 What
she missed
 What she lost when she let me
go
 And I wonder does she know
 I wouldn't
call -- a crazy thing to do
 Just in case she
said who?