(pam sawyer/r. dean taylor/frank wilson/deke richards)

Tenement slum

You think that I don't feel love
But what I feel for you is real love
In other's eyes I see reflected
A hurt, scorned, rejected

Love child, never meant to be
Love child, born in poverty
Love child, never meant to be
Love child, take a look at me

I started my life in an old, cold run down tenement slum
My father left, he never even married mom
I shared the guilt my mama knew
So afraid that others knew I had no name

This love we're contemplating
Is worth the pain of waiting
We'll only end up hating
The child we maybe creating

Love child, never meant to be
Love child, (scorned by) society
Love child, always second best
Love child, different from the rest

Mm, baby (hold on, hold on, just a little bit)
Mm, baby (hold on, hold on, just a little bit)
I started school, in a worn, torn, dress that somebody threw out
I knew the way it felt, to always live in doubt
To be without the simple things
So afraid my friends would see the guilt in me

Don't think that I don't need you
Don't think I don't wanna please you
No child of mine 'll be bearing
The name of shame I've been wearing

Love child, love child, never quite as good
Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood

But I'll always love you
I'll always love you
I'll always love you
I'll always love you
I'll always love you
I'll always love you

• Aquarius /let The Sunshine In
• Baby Love
• Big Spender
• Can't Take My Eyes Off You
• Come See About Me
• Didn't We
• Falling in Love With Love
• I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
• It's Alright With Me
• Let's Get Away from It All
• Love Child
• Love is Here & Now You're Gone
• My Man
• My World is Empty Without You
• Reflections
• Someday We'll Be Together
• Stop! in The Name of Love
• Tcb
• The Impossible Dream
• The Lady is a Tramp