Bastard Nation

She lives in the Bastard Nation
 She doesn't even know her name
 No one there knows where they come from
 Could've been Abel could've been Cain
 She was raised by loving hands
 Down by the Gulf Of Mexico
 Her savior was a preacher man
 They loved her like she was their own
 But one thing they could not give to her
 Though they tried with all their might
 They could not fill the emptiness
 She felt when she lay down each night
 She comes from the Bastard Nation
 She don't even know her name
 No one there knows where they come from
 Could've been Abel could've been Cain
 All alone in the Bastard Nation
 Just like all the others there
 Each one reaching out for someone
 Doesn't anybody care
 Tonight I'll put my child to bed
 She'll look in her father's eyes
 Somewhere in there she'll see herself
 And feel all those invisible ties
 But that girl from the Bastard Nation
 She just seems to drift away
 She never knew just where to land
 It's the only thing that ever made her pray
 She comes from the Bastard Nation
 She doesn't even know her name
 No one there knows where they come from
 Could've been Abel could've been Cain
 All alone in the Bastard Nation
 Just like all the others there
 Each one reaching out for someone
 Doesn't anybody care