[ti:Pity The Child 2] [ar:Josh Groban] [al:Chess In Concert] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Pity the Child #2 - Chess In Concert [00:05.85]When I was nine [00:07.54]I learned survival [00:09.59]Taught myself not to care [00:13.35]I was my single good companion [00:17.26]Taking my comfort there [00:20.79]Up in my room [00:22.54]I planned my conquests [00:25.18]On my own [00:26.36]Never asked for a helping hand [00:30.40]No one would understand [00:36.19]I never asked the pair that fought below [00:42.47]Just in case they said no [00:50.98]Pity the child who has ambition; [00:54.77]Knows what he wants to do [00:58.45]Knows that hell never fit the system [01:02.36]Others expecting to [01:06.00]Pity the child who knew his parents [01:10.22]Saw them fight [01:11.37]Saw their love die before his eyes [01:15.79]Pity the child that wise [01:21.72]He never asked [01:23.46]Did I cause your distress [01:28.01]Just in case they said Yes [01:33.18]When I was twelve my father moved out [01:40.03]Left with a whimper [01:41.70]Not with a shout [01:46.33]I didnt miss him: [01:48.20]He made it perfectly clear [01:52.37]That I was a fool and probably queer [01:58.84]Fool that I was [02:00.32]I thought this would bring [02:05.22]Those he had left closer together [02:12.24]She made a move the moment he crawled away [02:18.03]I was the last the woman told [02:22.43]She never let her bed get cold [02:26.82]Someone moved in [02:28.62]I shut my door [02:31.20]Someone to treat her just the same way as before [02:41.06]I took the road of least resistance: [02:44.61]I had my game to play [02:48.24]I had the skill and all the hunger [02:51.74]Easy to get away [02:55.38]Pity the child with no such weapons [02:59.49]No defense no escape from the ties that bind [03:04.61]Always a step behind [03:09.97]I never called to tell her all Id done [03:15.99]I was only her son [03:44.86]Pity the child but not forever; [03:48.66]Not if he stays that way [03:51.97]He can get all he ever wanted [03:55.90]If hes prepared to beg [03:59.57]Pity instead the careless mother [04:03.22]What she missed what she lost when she let me go [04:08.74]And I wonder does she know [04:13.97]I wouldnt call: [04:15.72]A crazy thing to do [04:19.94]Just in case she said Who