Shook my head out of dreams,
reality's calling The early bird's been up all morning
But I've got no notion of moving from where I am
Well my legs won't move,
I feel disabled I'm on a shelf,
an article labeled
Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost and found
Had my ways with days of sunshine
Life came easy, it all fell in line
But then again, I didn't realize
When you're used to one thing, it's hard
to accept another Like the woman who brought you up,
well,
she ain't your mother How do you cope with a thing like that?
I'm down,
don't no wanna hear me calling I'm down,
don't no wanna see me falling
Went to war,
thought it was my sister who fell off the wall
My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long
ago Someone went through pain to have me
Someone I should know
To the folks who brought me up,
I'm not ungrateful Kept the secret from me,
they thought it was shameful
It hurt me so to be the last one to know
Maybe someone's out there looking for me Left on their own,
couldn't afford to clothe me
And I, I don't even know my real
name I'm down, don't no wanna hear me calling