My heart goes out to the outside child The father stepping out, her mother's running wild My heart goes out to Her father stepping out and her mother was running wild Outside child, her father could not claim Bless her heart, grew up with the wrong last name Her father could not claim Bless her heart, she grew up with the wrong last name Her mother, she would never say Who her father was 'til his dying day She never knew his name She finally learned her father's name on his dying day She rushed to her father's death bed His widowed wife and children bowed their heads Her father's death bed His widowed wife and children bowed their heads Outside child, she's in her Sunday best As they lay her father down to rest She's in her Sunday best As they lay her father down to rest [Verse 6] She probably sat down with her family It's plain to see my sister looks like me At the cemetery It's plain to see my sister looks just like me It hurts me to see him in the street Safe and happy with his family It hurts my heart to see Can't they see the hmm? Can't they see the hmm? Can't they see the—