Waiting for my Child to Come Home

[Ptah]

Mavis Staples - Waiting for my Child to Come Home



I was talking to a lady a few days ago, and these are the words she said...
if you see my child somewhere as you journey here and there,
tell him I'm waiting for my child to come home

I am waiting and waiting for my child to come ....
I'm waiting and waiting for my child to come...
if you can't come home will you please send me a letter,
a letter would mean so much to me. yes it will

Lord my child may be somewhere on his sick bed Lord with no one there to rub his aching head...
Oh yes Jesus

Lord my child in somewhere in some lonely jail Lord with no one there to post his bail, oh Lord.....
listen if I only knew what town my child was in ....
I'll be there on that early morning train,
then no matter what's crime Lord you know this child is mine....
and I'm waiting for my child to come home.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. How much longer, Ptah?

:hug:

[Ptah]

3. Could be March, unless he rejects parole,

then next Christmas Eve.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. ahh--- not too much longer now, right?

:hug:

[Ptah]

4. Somewhere between three and twelve months.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Ptah...

Let's hope he accepts parole...

I'm sure he wants to get out too...

And come home to all of you...

:hug:

[easttexaslefty]

6. I hope you are able to hug your child soon...

:cry:

[Midlodemocrat]

8. .

:hug:

[Heidi]

7. Ptah, this is a thing very close to my heart.

Someone very dear to me is serving a prison sentence, and I understand that in many respects, all of us who love those in prison serve their sentence with them. I hope your son gets home sooner than later. :hug:

[Ptah]

9. Thank you all. I had not ever heard this song until Sunday. I made a youtube because.

Come Home

[Flaxbee]

10. oh, Ptah, it breaks my heart

I know how much you want to see him and hold him. I hope it is soon - March, not next December. :hug: