There was a child named Bernadette

I heard the story long ago

She saw the queen of heaven once

and kept the vision in her soul

No one believed what she had seen

no one believed what she heard

that there were sorrows to be healed,

mercy, mercy in this world

So many hearts I find broke like yours and mine

torn by what we've done and can't undo

I just want to hold you; come on let me hold you

like Bernadette would do

We've been around, we fall, we fly

We mostly fall, we mostly run

And every now and then we try

to mend the damage that we've done

Tonight, tonight I just can't rest

I've got this joy here, here inside by breast

to think that I did not forget

that child, that song of Bernadette

So many hearts I find broke like yours and mine

torn by what we've done and can't undo

I just want to hold you; come on let me hold you

like Bernadette would do

I just want to hold you, won't you let me hold you

like Bernadette would do?