Leave No Child - Phil Upchurch

Tell me, Doctor Doctor

Why my child cries

I can hear her calling

When I lay awake at night

I am only human, only human

But my child shouldn’t pay for the life I lead

Tell me, Doctor Doctor

There’s nothing, nohow, nowhere and no one but

You and me and all these children

Got this mountain to climb

You and me gonna climb this mountain

Leave no child behind

Listen, Little Brother

Why you want to die so young

Nothing 'bout the fire

Warms the blood from a smoking gun

This road from knowing nothing

Leads you to believing in nothing at all

Listen, Little Brother

There’s nothing, nohow, nowhere and no one but

You and me and all these children

Got this mountain to climb

You and me gonna climb this mountain

Leave no child behind

Making a way out of no way for all these children of mine

You and me gonna climb this mountain

Leave no child behind

Newsman on the TV

Grandma raising children’s child

Teacher working weekends

Rich folks drinking champagne with caviar and wine

You don’t have to move a mountain

Just a stone on the path of the smallest child

Tell them, Don’t give up

Don’t give up on nothing, nohow, nowhere and no one.

It’s You and me and all

these children…