Luyện nghe bài hát My Child

MRS
HELLO, MRS J. HOW ARE
MRS J.? WRONG?

MRS
I HAD IT ALL OUT.
WITH ONE MORE BABY WE HAVE MANAGED.
BUT NOT WITH TWO, THE WELFARE HAVE ALREADY ON TO ME.

MRS
TWINS? YOU'RE EXPECTING

HOW AN IDEA, PLANTED, CAN
TAKE AND GROW INTO A PLAN.
THE THOUGHT IN THIS VERY ROOM
AS SURELY AS A SEED, IN A MOTHER'S WOMB

MRS
GIVE ONE OF TO ME.
PLEASE, MRS JOHNSTONE. PLEASE.

MRS
ARE Y'.... ARE Y' THAT TO HAVE A BABY?

MRS
EACH DAY I OUT FROM THIS WINDOW
I SEE HIM HIS FRIENDS, I HEAR HIM CALL,
I RUSH DOWN BUT AS I MY ARMS AROUND HIM
HE'S GONE. WAS HE EVER THERE AT

I'VE DREAMED OF ALL THE PLACES I WOULD HIM
THE GAMES WE'D PLAY THE STORIES I WOULD
THE JOKES WE'D SHARE, THE CLOTHING I WOULD HIM
I REACH OUT. BUT AS I DO, HE AWAY.

MRS
IF MY CHILD WAS RAISED I A LIKE THIS ONE
HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WHERE
HIS NEXT MEAL WAS COMIN'

HIS CLOTHING BE
SUPPLIED BY HENRY LEE

MRS
HAVE ALL HIS OWN TOYS
AND A GARDEN TO IN

MRS
HE COULD MAKE TOO NOISE
THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAININ'

MRS
SILVER TRAYS TO TAKE ON

MRS
A BIKE WITH WHEELS ON?

MRS
AND HE'D SLEEP NIGHT
IN A BED OF HIS OWN

MRS
HE WOULDN'T GET INTO
HE'D LEAVE MATCHES
AND YOU'D FIND HIM
EFFIN' AND
AND HE GREW UP
HE COULD BE TOLD
TO STAND AND UP
FOR HOURS ON END AT THE
HE'D UP TO BE

MRS LYONS / MRS
A TO ME

MRS
TO

MRS
YES.

MRS
I STILL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM EVERY DAY,
I?

MRS
OF

MRS
AN'.... AN' YOU WOULD LOOK HIM,
Y'?

MRS
I'D HIM WARM IN THE WINTER
AND COOL WHEN IT
I'D PULL OUT HIS
WITHOUT HIM CRY
I'D ALWAYS BE
IF HIS DREAM BECAME A

MRS & MRS LYONS
MY
MY
MY

MRS
MRS J. WE MAKE THIS A BINDING AGREEMENT.

IN THE OF JESUS, THE THING WAS DONE,
NOW NO GOING BACK, FOR ANYONE,
IT'S TOO LATE NOW FOR FEELING
THERE'S A PACT SEALED,
THERE'S A DEAL BORN.