Basinets and babies
St. Vincent's Infants Home
Orphaned in limbo

Helpless and alone
Paradise receding
Paradise withdrawn

A tiny heart is beating

Mama here

Mama gone
Mama gone


Cut loose and falling
Thru the crevasse cradle crack
Rock a bye baby

Mama ain't coming back
This night has no ending
This darkness no dawn

Descending, descending

Mama here

Mama gone
Mama gone


Day and nights of falling
Thru darkness without dawn
Baby's arms quit reaching


Mama here, Mama gone
Mama here, Mama gone