Chess New York movie - Pity the Child lyrics
rate me<br>
[FREDDIE]<br>
When I was nine I learned survival<br>
Taught myself not to care<br>
I was my single good companion<br>
Taking my comfort there<br>
Up in my room I planned my conquests<br>
On my own -- never asked for a helping hand<br>
No one would understand<br>
I never asked the pair who fought below<br>
Just in case they said "No."<br>
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Pity the child who has ambition<br>
Knows what he wants to do<br>
Knows that he'll never fit the system<br>
Others expect him to<br>
Pity the child who knew his parents<br>
Saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes<br>
Pity the child that wise<br>
He never asked "Did I cause your distress?"<br>
Just in case they said "Yes."<br>
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When I was twelve my father moved out<br>
Left with a whimper -- not with a shout<br>
I didn't miss him -- he made it perfectly clear<br>
I was a fool and probably queer<br>
Fool that I was I thought this would bring<br>
Those he had left closer together<br>
She made her move the moment he crawled away<br>
I was the last the woman told<br>
She never let her bed get cold<br>
Someone moved in -- I shut my door<br>
Someone to treat her just the same way as before.<br>
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I took the road of least resistance<br>
I had my game to play<br>
I had the skill, and more -- the hunger<br>
Easy to get away<br>
Pity the child with no such weapons<br>
No defense, no escape from the ties that bind<br>
Always a step behind<br>
I never called to tell her all I'd done<br>
I was only her son!<br>
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Pity the child but not forever<br>
Not if he stays that way<br>
He can get all he ever wanted<br>
If he's prepared to pay<br>
Pity instead the careless mother<br>
What she missed,<br>
What she lost when she let me go<br>
And I wonder does she know<br>
I never call. A crazy thing to do<br>
Just in case she said, "Who?"<br>
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