No One Knows My Name

Gillian Welch

 Oh my mother was just a girl,  seventeen
Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
And my  dad was passin'  through doing  things a man will  do
Oh my mother was just a  girl, seventeen

 It's a wonder that I'm in this  world at  all
It's a wonder that I'm in this world at  all
And I  have a life toclaim though Ireally don't know myname
It's a wonder that I'm in this  world at  all

 Well I had a good mother and dad  just the  same
Well I had a good mother and dad just the  same
And they  took me to their  rest and they  surely stood the  test
Yes, I had a good mother and dad  just the  same

 Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my  name
Just a  other baby  born to a  girl lost and  lorn
Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name

 Now and then there's a lonesome thought  in my  mind
Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my  mind
And on thecrowded street I see a strangersface that looks like me
Now and then there's a lonesome thought  in my  mind

Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name
Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my  name
But I'll  see it by and by  cause it's  written up in the  sky
Ain't one soul in the whole world  knows my  name.

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Ain't one  soul in the whole world knows my  name