A Child With The Blues - From "Eve's Bayou" Soundtrack

Could have never known that when losin'
Could hurt you so very bad
Could have never known that when chosin'
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 livin' so hard
So hard, so hard, I keep tellin' myself

Feels like I'm goin' away
Sometimes it ain't all damn fair
Child with the blues

Sisters, sisters, I know you're watchin' me
There are a lot of games reachin' 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 oh, oh)

Never too young to pay dues
And if you're walkin' in my shoes
You're a child with the blues (so blue, so blue)

I can't stop the flow, can't stop it (can't stop it, can't stop it)
Of the wet tears in my eyes, oh

And if you're any of the many kind of women in pain
Woman in pain, rely, rely
Same emotion we share
Movin' fast but goin' nowhere
Like a child with the blues
Child with the blues

A child with the blues, blues, blues, hmm-mm, hmm-mm
This child with the blues
Uh-huh, oh, oh