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Wayward Child Lyrics by Gemma Laurence

Crooked Heart

2019

He once was a wayward child
Knees always bruised, he wore a crooked smile
He lived in a house made of hazelwood
With his Ma and Pa deep into the woods
Everyday before sunset he’d go out with his father
To the forest they would tread to pick flowers for his mother
But a year’s slipped away since his twelfth birthday
But the morn now chills him to the bone
For on that same day his Pa passed away
Now he picks wildflowers alone
That old forest floor cuts him to the core
Every spring when thе bluebells bloom
And the dogwood grows in thе soil below
And the ivy creeps towards the moon
Everyday before sunset he’d go out with his father
To the forest they would tread to pick flowers for his mother
But a year’s slipped away since his twelfth birthday
But the morn now chills him to the bone
For on that same day his Pa passed away
Now he picks wildflowers alone
For that wayward boy no longer finds joy
In the flowers he once adored
And that crooked smile no one’s seen in awhile
How I hope to see it once more
Oh my boy who I’d give anything for
Everyday before sunset he’d go out with his father
To the forest they would tread
To pick flowers for his mother
A year’s slipped away since his twelfth birthday
But the morn now chills him to the bone
For on that same day his Pa passed away
Now he picks wildflowers alone
He picks me wildflowers alone
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Gemma Laurence

Gemma Laurence

About “Wayward Child” by Gemma Laurence

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"Wayward Child" is credited to Gemma Laurence. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Wayward Child" appears on "Crooked Heart" in 2019.

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