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Verse 1:His mother took her last breath and passed awayDeath has a way of teaching the lesson that death will have his dayAnd dad didn't stay; left before Jack turned 8Now Jack has no one to love so he turns awayDeceased mother and an invisible father'Why bother' he constantly says, 'I oughta be dead'His heard grows harder and darker and darkerSays he'll be remembered for his premature departureIt's a long fall from the roof he's standing onLuck was as tough as the concrete he landed onA life with promise ended in questionsInside his bedroom, he left this letter begging for attention it readChorus:Pity me please, have pity on meI'm missing the things that made my living completePlease somebody feel sorry for meWhen I'm gone you'll be sorry...you'll seeVerse 2:Cadie's middle aged and overweight teeters on obesityShe hopes against hope that when she eats she can be free to forgetBut it's ingrained in her mind, and ain't a place to hideHeart breaks inside, the past shakes her lifeRemembers when her mother was punched and every touch that was followed by 'hush'SongtexteAlcoholic stepfather with wandering handsShe was just a kid, it wasn't her fault, she doesn't understandHe'd beat her mom unconscious, then lock the door behind himTook Cadie's innocence too, but nobody stopped himShe blames herself to this day, and overeats to escapeSays she has nothing to give, she lost it when she was 8And free as a bird, but thinks she's cagedMom's long gone but the memories don't seem to be fadingHear her voice over a tape player hissThe last words on her lips were thisVerse 3:It's a stockbroker that unfortunately lost his fortuneAdolescent boy crying cuz he lost his girlfriendIt's the janitor with six mouths to feed And a wife that says she doesn't need him and wants to leave himIt's the young mom whose baby stopped breathingThe father that lost his son cuz he caught his dad cheating on momIt's the Vietnam vet with nothing but regretsSaw nothing but death, lost both his brothers and his legsIt's the homeless man with no socks sleeping in a cardboard boxWishing the winter and kids throwing rocks would stopThese are the people that need youThe wall is up but it's so easy to see throughDelicate souls who need to be consoled need to be told'I'm right here if you need me to hold you'Fragile warriors searching for companionshipAnd through your love let them see Christ with His hand on themChorus 2:Pity them please, have pity on theseThey're missing the things that made their living completeThey're lost with no hope, tossed to and froThey bear the cross of loss till they're brokePity them please, have pity on theseThey're missing the things that made their living completeTheir completion lies in JesusLove them like Christ and they'll see Him Aus Songtexte Mania