Mary Gauthier - The Foundling [Audio]

"The Foundling" by Mary Gauthier Album: The Foundling (2010) https://www.marygauthier.com STREAM Spotify: https://bit.ly/mg-spotify Apple Music: https://bit.ly/mg-applemusic Amazon Music: https://bit.ly/mg-amazonmusic FOLLOW https://www.facebook.com/marygauthiersongs https://www.instagram.com/marygauthier https://www.twitter.com/marygauthier_ LYRICS A baby unwanted, unloved, and unblessed Left on a doorstep, an unbidden guest A shivering shadow, a child with no name Severed, surrendered, sinking in pain Conceived in the gale of a ruinous storm Partially killed, partially born Abandoned, abandoned, falling thru space With nobody’s eyes and nobody’s face the foundling A child disconnected who no longer cries With a prisoner’s stare and an orphan’s eyes A free-floating phantom held together by skin A small helpless stranger, a sigh in the wind Washed into this world in fever and flood Tears, remorse, sorrow and blood Abandoned, abandoned left at the gate Cut loose un-tethered tattooed by fate the foundling