Luyện nghe bài hát My Child

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

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

MRS
TWINS? YOU'RE TWINS?

HOW AN IDEA, PLANTED, CAN
TAKE AND GROW INTO 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 DESPERATE TO A BABY?

MRS
EACH DAY I LOOK OUT THIS WINDOW
I SEE HIM HIS FRIENDS, I HEAR HIM CALL,
I RUSH DOWN BUT AS I FOLD MY AROUND HIM
GONE. WAS HE EVER THERE AT ALL?

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

MRS
IF MY CHILD WAS RAISED I A PALACE LIKE ONE
HE WOULDN'T TO WORRY WHERE
HIS MEAL WAS COMIN' FROM

HIS WOULD BE
SUPPLIED BY HENRY LEE

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

MRS
HE COULD MAKE TOO NOISE
THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAININ'

MRS
SILVER TO TAKE MEALS ON

MRS
A WITH BOTH WHEELS ON?

MRS
AND SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
IN A BED OF HIS OWN

MRS
HE WOULDN'T GET FIGHTS
HE'D MATCHES ALONE
AND NEVER FIND HIM
AND BLINDIN'
AND HE GREW UP
HE COULD NEVER BE
TO AND QUEUE UP
FOR ON END AT THE DOLE
HE'D UP TO BE

MRS / MRS JOHNSTONE
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 KEEP HIM WARM IN THE
AND WHEN IT SHINES
I'D OUT HIS SPLINTERS
WITHOUT HIM CRY
I'D ALWAYS BE
IF HIS DREAM A NIGHTMARE

MRS JOHNSTONE & MRS
MY
MY
MY

MRS
MRS J. WE MUST MAKE A BINDING AGREEMENT.

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