Chess New York movie - Pity the Child lyrics

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[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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