Mommy took me to the hospital again today,
They gave me more of that medicine.
It makes your hair fall out.
The kids at school all laughed at me because I was bald
But all I did was play in the dirt,
That's really all I did
I just played in the dirt,
That's really all I did.
Daddy says it's 'cause of that big building that's
next to the school.
They threw stuff in the ground that hurts people.
The doctor says I'm gonna die. I'll miss mom and dad
It makes me cry
'Cause all I did was play in the dirt
That's really all I did
I just played in the dirt
That's really all I did.
There's lots of kids in the hospital.
They're gonna die like me.
Some of them drank nasty water,
And some of them were born that way.
Some of them say that they're not scared,
But I hear them cry at night.
I wish I knew what I did wrong
So it could be all right
All I did was play in the dirt
That's really all I did
I just played in the dirt
That's really all I did
And I'll never, never, never do it again.
G.S., '82