This is a mid tempo acoustic track with dreamy guitars and haunting piano. A very popular track for the band.

» highest in charts:   # 398   (126,549 songs currently listed in Acoustic)
» highest in sub-genre:   # 81   (18,917 songs currently listed in Acoustic > Acoustic Rock)

This song was written by Steven McDonald following a conversation he had with a young lady who had been mistreated by her boyfriend, and as a result her youth was ruined. The writer was so shocked/disturbed by what he had heard that he was inspired to write the song.

You were young at heart and had paid a price for some tender moments in a cradle of paradise, if only love could be as simple as that. You had suffered long and only I could tell that you gave up your friends for more that a pocketful of hell, but you couldn`t live without this man. But when he`s far away don`t be afraid, my thoughts are with you always, and I`ll pray for a Child in a Wicked World.
She told me all about her sorry plight, she had a tale to tell and a bottle at her side, she whispered softly as she took my hand. When I think about her smile my emotions fray, my dreams are disturbed by the memories that she portrayed. I only hope she will remember me.
You`re nothing but a child in a wicled world, nothing but a child....