Love Child

(Tenement slum

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah)

You think that I don't feel love

But what I feel for you is real love

In those eyes, I see reflected a hurt, scorned, rejected

Love child, never meant to be

Love child, born in poverty

Love child, never meant to be

Love child, take a look at me

Started my life in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum (Tenement slum)

My father left, he never even married Mom

I shared the guilt my mama knew

So afraid that others knew I had no name

Ah, this love we're contemplating

Is worth the pain of waiting

We'll only end up hating

The child we may be creating

Love child, never meant to be (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)

Love child (Scorned by) society

Love child, always second best (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)

Love child, different from the rest

(Hold on, hold on, just a little bit longer) Mmm, baby

(Hold on, hold on, just a little bit longer) Mmm, baby

I started school in a worn, torn dress that somebody threw out

I knew the way it felt to always live in doubt

To be without the simple things

So afraid my friends would see the guilt in me

Ah, don't think that I don't need you

Don't think I don't wanna please you

But no child of mine will be bearing

The name of shame I've been wearing

Love child, love child, never quite as good

Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood (Just a little bit longer, love child)

But I'll always love you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)

I'll always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)

I'll always love you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)

Always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)

I'll always love you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)

Always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)

You, you, you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)

I'll always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)