Unloved kid get no slab o' slate*
Steal a tile from the old church roof
Press it in the dirt, bow your heads
Don't forget to make a mark, scratch a heart
For the unloved kid
Unloved kid get no slab o' slate
The unloved kid
Cherish him, spare a tear
Offer him simple things;
Cheap possessions. Scatter them
So you remember where he lie, where he lie
The unloved kid
Unloved kid get no slab o' slate
The unloved kid
Pull wild flowers, make a daisy chain
Gather round, try a holy song;
Make it up out of words you heard
Pause a while, try a prayer in the mud and rain
For the unloved kid
Unloved kid get no slab o' slate
The unloved kid
Crow come down from the poplar tree
Seen it all in his old black eye
Rip the lace, steal plastic rings
Disturb the place. But he can't fly no heavy stone
From the unloved kid
Unloved kid got his slab o' slate
The unloved kid
Unloved kid got his slab o' slate
Unloved kid
Unloved