Such a little soul but very old
She smiles up at me
An d I realize she's very wise,
it's easy to see
She says to me, the world will survive
We all will learn, she says to me
So I live and learn
that my concern for all that I hear
Isn't worth all the pain it
causes year after year
She says to me, take it day by day
And just let things be, she says to me
We are going along, hiding our sorrow
Not singing a song,
no thought for tomorrow
Not saying a word,
keeping our thoughts to
ourselves
Ourselves
She's only just a little child, but she knows
More than people can realize
And she's sure more
understanding than me
Oh, every time I look into her eyes I see
All the promise of the paradise to be
So I listen to what she says to me
We are going along, hiding our sorrow,
not singing a song,
no thought for tomorrow,
not saying a word,
keeping it all to ourselves
She says to me, take it day by day
We are with her, she says to me
If you're living, be, she said, to me