Suffer Little Children

There's a boy who plays down in the coal yard

His mother just got her divorce

And every day he goes a little hungry

And takes it as a matter of course

Tho' he's never really known a daddy

He's never had too many toys

He believes in a heart filled with hope

Somewhere there's a glimmer of joy

And often I have pondered the question

In my own way I am but one

Why must the beautiful children

Pay for what we have done?

And if anything was ever said or written

That I hold in my heart to be true

It is suffer little children, come unto me

You will all be rewarded and loved

In the Kingdom with me

Theres a girl who plays down in the ghetto

They come and put her brother back in jail

And every day you see her on the sidewalks

Waitin' on his love in the mail

And tho' she kinda' likes the social worker

And the Foster family really doesn't mind

'Cause she believes in a heart filled with hope

Someone will come forward and be kind

And often I have pondered the question

Lord in my own way I am but one

Why must the beautiful children

Pay for what we have done?

And if anything was ever said or written

That I hold in my heart to be true

It is suffer little children to come unto me

You will all be rewarded and loved

In the Kingdom with me

In the Kingdom with me