i pray to God
to hear my prayer
enough people blink
you're floating up there
i fear that this girl
has gone to you
and people say they got things
up there for her to do
but she's fourteen
just a little girl
has not tasted love at all
has not tasted this world
but still you steal
with cancers drain
a hard way and it don't seem
i say the girl
and the girl is done
and your deed is out
finished and over
the girl is gone
she sped away
but you are smiling
'cause she's with you today
[scatting]

i remember mother's cry
on the telephone
she said will you come
sing to my sweet dying girl
oh by her bed her face is dead
but according to the machine
she's still breathing Lord
now where's the girl
with smiles so wide
healing us all oh from the inside
oh you have this idea
to fill her deed
the cancer eat her up
turn a cheek
oh and so i cry
oh God i cried
for the girl who's dying
to keep you company
oh God i pray
what are you thinking
the girl is done
you are already dead

oh pray to your doctor
you may pray your religion
with the girl's smiles
the deed is gone
oh you may pray your religion
you may pray for distraction
but after all the girl is gone
the deed is done
the girl is gone
the deed is done
the deed is done
the deed is done
the deed is done