Phil Upchurch - Leave No Child lyrics

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...