A Child With The Blues – Erykah Badu

Could have never known that when losing
Could hurt you so very bad
Could have never known that when choosing
Would make you so very sad

I don’t know what to do
I just feel so confused
I’m a child with the blues

Take your time, smell the flowers
Make a smile for yourself
Girl, don’t make living so hard
So hard, so hard, I keep telling myself
Feels like I’m going nowhere
Sometimes it ain’t all damn fair
A child with the blues

Sisters, sisters
I know you’re watching me
There are a lot of games reaching for you constantly
When you think you’re grown
You’re entering the unknown
Baby, check yourself
Brace yourself
Protect yourself
Face yourself

Feels like my life is just existing
And I’m missing someone
It’s hard to replace the simple fact
Cause my lover is gone, gone on
Never too young to pay your dues
And if you’re walking in my shoes
You’re a child with the blues
So blue, so blue

I can’t stop the flow, can’t stop it
Of wet tears in my eyes
And if you’re any of the many kind of women in pain
Woman in pain, realize, realize
The same emotion we share
Moving fast but going nowhere
Like a child with the blues

A child with the blues
A child with the blues blue

A child with the blues, ooh