I was left at school when I was very young
Left wondering where my family had gone
Did they forget me
Did they exist
Was I imagining all this
In the playground I wept while all the kids went home
Picked up by their mom’s and dad’s one by one
Emptier and emptier the playground grew
And darker and darker the evening drew
Run out on the street trying to make my way home
The whole world whizzed by
I was lost and alone
I was lost and alone
Lost and alone
Run back I would to the playground again
Where I sat under a tree and looked around me again
I’d cry and I’d wait with no guarantee
Not knowing if there’d ever be mommy
I wondered why I had such little trust
Was I just making a fuss
She’d pull up her car and hastily rush me in
Not looking to see the tears that have been running
Thirty years on I now understand
They showed me who they are the first time around