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 COULD MANAGED.
BUT NOT TWO, THE WELFARE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ON TO ME.

MRS
TWINS? YOU'RE EXPECTING

HOW AN IDEA, PLANTED, CAN
TAKE ROOT AND GROW A PLAN.
THE THOUGHT CONCEIVED IN VERY ROOM
GREW AS 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 LOOK OUT THIS WINDOW
I SEE HIM HIS FRIENDS, I HEAR HIM CALL,
I DOWN BUT AS I FOLD MY ARMS AROUND HIM
GONE. WAS HE EVER THERE AT ALL?

I'VE DREAMED OF ALL THE PLACES I TAKE HIM
THE GAMES WE'D PLAY THE I WOULD TELL
THE JOKES WE'D SHARE, THE I WOULD MAKE HIM
I OUT. BUT AS I DO, HE FADES AWAY.

MRS
IF MY CHILD WAS RAISED I A PALACE THIS ONE
HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
HIS NEXT WAS COMIN' FROM

HIS CLOTHING BE
BY GEORGE HENRY LEE

MRS
HE'D HAVE ALL HIS OWN
AND A GARDEN TO IN

MRS
HE MAKE TOO MUCH 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 FIGHTS
HE'D MATCHES ALONE
AND YOU'D NEVER HIM
AND BLINDIN'
AND HE GREW UP
HE COULD BE TOLD
TO AND QUEUE UP
FOR ON END AT THE DOLE
HE'D UP TO BE

MRS LYONS / MRS
A TO ME

MRS
TO

MRS
YES.

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

MRS
OF

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

MRS
I'D KEEP HIM WARM IN THE
AND COOL IT SHINES
I'D PULL OUT HIS
WITHOUT HIM CRY
I'D ALWAYS BE
IF HIS DREAM A NIGHTMARE

MRS & MRS LYONS
MY
MY
MY

MRS
MRS J. WE MAKE THIS A BINDING AGREEMENT.

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