The Orphan - Live at Cafe #9, Sheffield, UK ‪@SongsoftheFolkMUSIC‬

"The Orphan" Performed by Songs of the Folk Live at Cafe #9 in Sheffield, England Music & Lyrics by A.T. Cason, Copyright 2022, ASCAP Rabbit Railroad Music The Orphan wasn't old and he wasn't young He had a royal smile and a layman's tongue He had eyes so blue And he had a heart and it was true When he had heard the news he knew the worst When you're a child of one, it's like a curse All alone in the blink of an eye The Orphan had known the risk well before they ever died He was the only child in all the world Not another boy was born nor another girl Now both his folks were gone And so he gathered up and he headed on The Orphan took the road to another town He thought he'd find a job; he thought he'd settle down And so he did for a while But soon fear would fade his royal smile The Orphan headed towards the wild western sky A train took him through a border town but stopped short of the line Dust gathering on his shoes The sign for the inn said: vacant rooms In the inn he found the host; she had a royal smile How long do you plan to stay? He said, for a little while Say girl, don't we share the same name? No, she said, it's spelled a different way Down the hall he came upon a boy with eyes so blue Hey man, are we kin? Could it be true? Please may it be true The man said to The Orphan, I ain't nothing to you Feeling evermore abandoned and alone The Orphan hitched a ride out of town at dawn He shook the dust from his shoes The Orphan hadn't won, but he had nothing to lose The girl who'd picked him up, she drove a steely mount She wore a string of pearls and a wedding gown He sat right behind with his hands on her hips He felt that all his life she had been with him The Driver spoke these words with all her might: Let the wrong be wrong, and let the right be right Let the holy be holy, let the vile be vile The Orphan then reclaimed his royal smile The two they grew quite old, though they lived quite young She wore her string of pearls; he spoke his layman's tongue And their fears were few And they had a love, and it was true Usually the first song in our live sets, The Orphan is set to be the first track on our forthcoming album. www.songsofthefolk.com www.facebook.com/songsofthefolk ‪@SongsoftheFolkMUSIC‬ #singersongwriter #lovesong #cafe9 #husbandwifeduo #original #livemusic #music #bobdylan #americana #folkmusic #countrylovesong @Eartrumpetlabs #eartrumpetlabs #gibsonguitars #cafevibes #folkballad