Orphan

[Verse 1] How does a sparrow know more than I? When its mother is gone, it learns how to fly With no direction, its wings in the wind How does a bird know more than I? [Verse 2] How does the winter know to hold on When it's scared of its shadow and flowers are gone? The leaves all lay sleepin', prayin' to hear spring-time songs How does the winter know to hold on? [Chorus] Nobody told me what I should do When the world starts to rumble and shake under you How does an orphan find its way home? Reach out with no hand to hold How do I make it alone? [Verse 3] What keeps a river runnin' that way? Is it slave to the ocean, a wild runaway? Does it shed a tear, all who have drowned in its wake? What keeps a river runnin' that way? [Chorus] Nobody told me what I should do When the world starts to rumble and shake under you How does an orphan find its way home? Reach out with no hand to hold How do I make it alone? [Chorus] Nobody told me what I should do When the world starts to rumble and shake under you I am an orphan a long way from home And I reach out with no hand to hold How do I make it alone? [Outro] How does a sparrow know more than I? When its mother is gone, it learns how to fly