Last Lonely and Wretched Lyrics by Joan Baez

Last Lonely and Wretched Lyrics

    You're tired and you're cold
    You long to be free
    But in this god forsaken land
    You find no hope
    No family
    The many roads that you've wondered
    Since the day of your birth
    You've become one of the last. lonely, and
    Wretched
    Your hair is matted
    Your face and hands are dirty
    The years that you toil
    Must number somewhere near thirty
    The deepening of a sadness
    Grow finally into madness
    You are truly one of the last, lonely, and
    Wretched
    Your eyes are wild and frightening
    At the same time they are blessed
    And I wonder if god died
    Turned his back or only just rested
    When you walked out on the seventh day
    Through the big gates and on your way
    To become one of the last, lonely, and
    Wretched
    For once, you were a child
    Your cheeks were red
    You were well fed
    You laughed and played till you got teary
    Ran to your mother when you were weary
    But some where you were forsaken
    Alone, no one there to blame
    And somehow all was taken
    Your mind, your body, your name
    Forgive us our unkindness
    Our desertion and our blindness
    With you
    The last, lonely, and wretched
    Forgive us for the last, lonely and wretched

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