A sweet little ballad written for a little girl who was left all alone in the world.

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This song is very special to me. It's a ballad I wrote dedicated to a little girl who had lost her family in a war.
This song was inspired by a litle girl I saw in the news who'd lost both her parents because of the senselessness of the war in Iraq. It was so sad seeing such a cute little girl, so tiny and innocent, knowing that she would never be able to know her parents because of some political fight that she had nothing to do with.

I myself actually lived through a really big revolution, while I was in Africa, in which many people were killed and many children made orphans... It was horrible..! I wrote this song in the hopes of making people aware that with war, it isn't just soldiers who die, but brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, we're are all affected, and hopefully people will come to realize that war is isnt the solution to our problems...!

Little Girl precious child with a smile so sweet
Close your big brown eyes and then drift to sleep
To a world where no one dares to deny you
Of the love you need, or your family

Little Girl, where's your daddy, why cant he be here beside you
Little Girl, where's your mommy, why cant she be here to hold you?

All alone with no one here to protect you
From this big bad world precious Little Girl
With no one here to hold you or to love you or care for you
Little Girl, will you make it?
Can you make it on your own?

How can I explain the world that we live in?
So that you can see how people can let this be?
Little Girl, are you crying?
Do you miss your mommy's kisses?
Little Girl, are you dying?
What did you ever do to deserve this?

Little Girl precious child with a smile so sweet
Close your big brown eyes, and then drift to sleep...