[00:07.98](Tenement slum
[00:12.88]Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah)
[00:19.84]You think that I don't feel love
[00:22.12]But what I feel for you is real love
[00:24.33]In those eyes, I see reflected a hurt, scorned, rejected
[00:29.07]Love child, never meant to be
[00:33.36]Love child, born in poverty
[00:38.06]Love child, never meant to be
[00:42.70]Love child, take a look at me
[00:47.36]Started my life in an old, cold, rundown tenement slum (Tenement slum)
[00:53.95]My father left, he never even married Mom
[00:57.50]I shared the guilt my mama knew
[00:59.86]So afraid that others knew I had no name
[01:03.83]Ah, this love we're contemplating
[01:06.90]Is worth the pain of waiting
[01:09.40]We'll only end up hating
[01:11.82]The child we may be creating
[01:13.84]Love child, never meant to be (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)
[01:18.79]Love child (Scorned by) society
[01:23.24]Love child, always second best (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)
[01:27.83]Love child, different from the rest
[01:33.14](Hold on, hold on, just a little bit longer) Mmm, baby
[01:37.20](Hold on, hold on, just a little bit longer) Mmm, baby
[01:41.61]I started school in a worn, torn dress that somebody threw out
[01:48.21]I knew the way it felt to always live in doubt
[01:51.77]To be without the simple things
[01:54.15]So afraid my friends would see the guilt in me
[01:58.06]Ah, don't think that I don't need you
[02:01.26]Don't think I don't wanna please you
[02:03.52]But no child of mine will be bearing
[02:05.91]The name of shame I've been wearing
[02:07.87]Love child, love child, never quite as good
[02:12.45]Afraid, ashamed, misunderstood (Just a little bit longer, love child)
[02:17.09]But I'll always love you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)
[02:21.85]I'll always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)
[02:27.70]I'll always love you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)
[02:31.20]Always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)
[02:36.58]I'll always love you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)
[02:39.93]Always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)
[02:45.53]You, you, you (Wait, wait, won't you wait now, hold on)
[02:50.08]I'll always love you (Just a little bit longer, love child)