Audrey was a girl that sat in my classroom

she never said a word she just sat there so furtively

I never noticed her until I heard the radio

telling about the way she took her life

today it's all upon the covers of the papers

about her folks at home I guess her daddy is a drinker

her mummy left her when she was just a tiny child

tell me Audrey was that the first time you felt abandonment



Hold on baby don't be sorry

cause every day has it's up's and downs

Hold on baby they'll be sunshine

every life has it's stormy nights



Come to think about it there are some things

I can recall about her arms they had blue spots on them

I remember then thinking these thoughts to myself

Is it wrong to wonder about somebody else's problems

I'm not burdened with at all



Hold on baby don't be sorry

cause every day has it's up's and downs

Hold on baby they'll be sunshine

every life has it's stormy nights



Oh there there she lays down in the button of the river

tell me what crime did it take that tore this girls only willingness

but I will pray that someday she'll rise again



Well if you're there I hope you can see my sorrow and the pain of guilt

I never asked you how you were

But one thing I can assure you after wittnessing

what has been done I will open my heart to the new girl that sits next door



Hold on baby don't be sorry

cause every day has it's up's and downs

Hold on baby they'll be sunshine

every life has it's stormy nights



Hold on baby don't be sorry

cause every day has it's up's and downs

Hold on baby they'll be sunshine in your life



Audrey Audrey Audrey Audrey