Name: Somewhere a Child is Crying
Duration: P00H02M04S
Description: This was based on readings from the book of the same name about child abuse

Somewhere a Child is Crying

from Arena of Shame (1989) by Carey's Problem

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This was based on readings from the book of the same name about child abuse

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Doctor please help me my baby’s dead
Doctor please help me my baby’s dead

She’s got broken ribs and broken bones
Third degree burns and a fractured head

How did she get this way?

She kept on screaming So I spanked her
She kept on screaming So I punched her
She kept on screaming So pulled her hair
She kept on screaming So I threw her down the stairs

This child won’t listen she won’t go to sleep
She wets her pants she doesn’t want to eat
So I let her lie there in her own filth
And stuff the food right down her throat

Oh Mommy mommy I’m sorry I wouldn’t eat my dinner. I didn’t mean to misbehave. Please give me some more meatloaf. It’s good. It’s good. Oh oh oh. Mommy mommy..Please let me out of the closet.. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be bad. Open the door. Open the door.

She kept on screaming So burned her with a cigarette
She kept on screaming So I bashed her in the head
She kept on screaming So I broke her arm
She kept on screaming How else is she gonna learn
Right from wrong

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from Arena of Shame (1989), released November 11, 1989

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