10000 Maniacs - What’s The Matter Here lyrics

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That young boy without a name

Anywhere, I'd know his face

In this city, the kid's my favorite

I've seen him, I've seen him

I see him every day

Seen him run outside looking for

A place to hide from his father

The kid half naked and I said to myself

Oh, what's the matter here

I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses

He's their kid, I stay out of it

But who gave you the right to do this

We live on Morgan Street

Just ten feet between

And his mother, I never see her

But her screams and cussing

I hear them every day

Threats like, if you don't mind

I will beat on your behind

Slap you, slap you silly

Made me say, hey, hey, oh

What's the matter here

I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses

He's your kid, do as you see fit

But get this through that I

Don't approve of what you did

To your own flesh and blood

I have heard the

Excuses everybody uses

He's your kid, do as you see fit

But get this through that I

Don't approve of what you did

To your own flesh and blood

If you don't sit in your chair straight

I'll take this belt from around my waist

And don't think that I won't use it

Answer me and take your time

What could be the awful crime

He could do at so young an age

If I'm the only witness to your madness

Offer me some words to balance out

What I see and what I hear

All these cold and

Wrong things that you do

I suppose you do

Because he belongs to you

And instead of love

And the feel of warmth

You've given him these cuts and sores

That don't heal with time or age

And I want to say, want to say

What's the matter here

But I don't dare say

What's the matter here

But I don't dare say, hey ay