Waiting For My Child

I was talking to a lady a few days ago
 And these are the words she said:
 "If you see my child somewhere
 As you journey here and there
 Tell him I'm waiting for my child to come home"
 I am waiting and waiting for my child to come
 I am waiting, waiting for my child to come
 If you can't come home
 Could you please send me a letter?
 A letter would mean so much to me
 Oh my child may be somewhere
 On his sick bed
 With no one to rub his aching head
 Oh my child may be somewhere
 In some lonely jail
 With no one there to go his bail
 If I only knew what town my child was in
 I'd be there on that early morning train
 And no matter what the crime
 Lord you know that this child is mine
 That's why I'd be waiting for my child to come home
 I am waiting, waiting for my child to come
 I am waiting, waiting for my child to come
 If he can't come home
 Could he please send me a letter?
 A letter would mean so much to me
 I am waiting, waiting
 I am waiting and waiting
 I am waiting for my child to come home, home