Nobody's Child

这是我爱唱的一首歌。念中学的时候上音乐课时，老师教了这首歌，我当时深深地被歌词感动了。我在一个完整的家庭里成长，是温室中的花，发现世界上有被遗弃忽略的孩子，赤子之心为之震撼，久久不能平息。这首歌，我自弹自唱了无数遍，这么多年来，感动依旧。

在学校工作，接触不同的家长和孩子，不时会联想到这首歌。有的家庭表面上完整，但事实不然。父母忙于工作，经常加班、应酬、出差，把孩子留给帮佣看管。望子成龙、望女成凤的父母，要求孩子读书、复习、做功课，不玩乐，追求成绩丝毫不放松。心灵空虚的孩子，是不是也像“Nobody’s Child” 歌词里，渴望父亲的赞赏和母亲的拥抱？

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As I was slowing passin’ an ophan’s home one day

I stopped there for a moment, just to watch the children play

Alone a boy was standin’ and when I asked him why

He turned with eyes that could not see and began to cry

Chorus

I’m nobody’s child, I’m nobody’s child

Just like a flower, I’m growin’ wild

No mummy’s kisses and no daddy’s smiles

Nobody wants me, I’m nobody’s child

People come for children and take them for their own

But they all seem to pass me and I am left alone

I know they’ll like to take me but when they see I’m blind

They always take some other child and I’m left behind

Repeat Chorus

No mummy’s arms to hold me or soothe me when I cry

Sometimes it gets so lonely, I wish that I could die

I’ll walk the streets of heaven where all the blinds can see

And just like all the other kids, there’d be a home for me

 Repeat Chorus

儿童节快到了，希望除了蛋糕礼物，爸爸妈妈也把时间留给孩子。