[LAU] New (old) Song

Some friends and I wrote this in 1990 for the Romanian orphans. We had hoped to
get it recorded and published but didn't have a clue what we were doing, so it
never happened.

From time to time the rough tape we did would surface and I'd feel guilty about
it. A few years ago I went as far and transcribing it and making a basic
recording of the melody. Recently, after much self castigation, I finally got
down to making a proper recording and singing the song so here it is.

It is not only for those orphans of 20 years ago, but for my friends (who are
now gone) and for all the children still being abandoned around the world.

http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Corridors_Of_Shame.ogg

Hmm. I don't think 'enjoy' is the right word.

Corridors Of Shame

Take my hand and walk with me,
through the corridors of shame.
See the untold horrors,
of misery and pain.
Hungry, frightened children,
cramped five to a tiny bed.
Haunted eyes that see nothing,
of what may lay ahead.

-- Chorus

See the tiny faces,
eyes so full of pain.
All along the stark,
corridors of shame.
Tell me, oh! Please tell me,
Do I really have a name?
Or was I born to live and die,
in corridors of shame?

--
No one really wants them,
to the world, they are not there.
They don't exist, have no names,
in the corridors of shame.
There's no one there to hold them,
or hear them when they cry.
No one really has a care,
if they live or die.
-- Chorus --
For them there is no Christmas,
no way of playing games.
All they do is stare at walls,
of the corridors of shame.
So let's all sing together,
to give these kids their names, and
take them all within our hearts,
from corridors of shame.
--  Chorus --
-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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