Audrey was agirl that sat in my class room
She never said a word
She just sat there so furtively
I never noticed her until I heard the radio Telling about the way she took her life
Today it's all upon the covers of the papers About her folks at home
I guess her daddy is a drinker
Her mummy left her when she was just a tiny child
tell me Audrey
Was that the first time you felt abandonment?
Hold on baby, don't be sorry
cause every day has it's up's and downs Hold on baby, they'lI be sunshine
every life has it's stormy nights
Come to think about it there are some things
I can recall about her arms
They had blue spots on them
I remember then thinking these thoughts to myself,
Is it wrong to wonderabout somebody else's problems
I'm not burdened with at all
Hold on ...
Oh there there she lays down in the bottom of the river Tell me, what crime did it take?
that tore this girls only willingnes
But I will pray
That someday she'lI rise again
And if you're up their
I hope you can see my sorrow And the pain of guilt
I never asked you how you were
But one thing I can assure you after witnessing
what has been done
I will open my heart to the new girl that sits next door
Hold on ...