Mama Here, Mama Gone

Basinets and babies

St. Vincent's Infants Home

Orphaned in limbo

Helpless and alone

Paradise receding

Paradise withdrawn

A tiny heart is beatingMama here

Mama gone

Mama goneCut loose and falling

Thru the crevasse cradle crack

Rock a bye baby

Mama ain't coming back

This night has no ending

This darkness no dawn

Descending, descendingMama here

Mama gone

Mama goneDay and nights of falling

Thru darkness without dawn

Baby's arms quit reachingMama here, Mama gone

Mama here, Mama gone