She had 13 kids each one had 13 problems three uppers ten downers just to put up with this and she don№t know which children belong to which father but she loves them all anyway and they each get a kiss and the toilet ain№t flushing and the toaster is smoking the vacuum don№t suck but it needs a new belt she saw the world through the eyes of a child and remembered how good it was and how good it felt picked up the paper from the bitter cold morning he had just gone to sleep he had to get up for work by night he№s a watchman by morning he№s a waiter in the late afternoon he works as a clerk he can№t pay the doctor bills he just can№t afford the pills the car№s repossessed and the child support№s due he saw the world through the eyes of a child big problems seem smaller and old things seem new she was just six when she turned her first trick now she№s 13 and it don№t make her sick she does lots of crystal and she owns her own pistol got a goldfish named silver and a pimp whose name№s rick and some are like customers and some are like patients she№s have gone back to school if she№s just had the patience she saw the world through the eyes of a child none of the nightmares and nothing to deny she saw the world through the eyes of a child she№s seen it all and she sknows they№re all lies
