A sparse acoustic ballad for my mom, sweet patty.
songwriter singer musicia
Story behind the song
A story my mom told me about her experience as a little girl, being dropped off at the orphanage. A story I never really listened to until now...
Lyrics
Sweet Patty
(lyrics)
copyright 2002 lyrics & music by Christene LeDoux
I'm just a little girl with my skinny legs
without a family, in this orphanage
My ma she left me a note today
sewn in my favorite doll an I'm sad cuz' I left it in the rain
An I can see it from this window pane
It's raining harder an it's getting wet
here comes the warden and she's throwin' it away
filled with my mama's last words that I never read
Sweet Patty I hope you understand
cuz' your a good girl I didn't want to leave you like I did
you know I love you and I hope that, you love me back
don't forget these words sweet patty, carry them
I'm married now with my own kids
sometimes I swear that I, see you in them
my girls they ask me where grandma went
I tell them the story of that rainy day
Sweet Patty I hope you understand
cuz' your a good girl I didn't want to leave you like I did
you know I love you and I hope that, you love me back
don't forget these words sweet patty, carry them
I just turned 60, this past spring
I've got 4 grandkids an I, thank god for them
I don't know how I made it, without you here
I'm just that little girl in that orphanage
Sweet patty I hope you can hear me
I want you to know that I never left
You know I love you and I know that, you love me back
don't forget these words sweet patty, carry them...
carry them...
carry them...
END
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