"Lonely Child" genre: Christian Rock
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	A song about the perplexing questions surrounding the suffering that exists under the hand of our loving God. This deals specifically with the case of a young homeless child we came across in Mexico.
	CD: Purify Credits: Lyrics by Brandon Willey, Music by Jeff Davis
	Story Behind the Song I wrote this song first as a poem several years back when I was still in high school. Then in the spring of 2001, after going to Tijuana as a college leader, I revised and restructured the poem into a song. I struggled with this project for a long time because I did not want to lose the graphic descriptions of the scene that I witnessed at the building site. After much prayer God provided the rhymes and rythm to accomplish that. In making this into a song, I was also allowed to write a chorus and bridge where I could really throw out some of the questions I had for God at that time. Lyrics A lonely child leans against a rotting fence A chilled breeze stings his thinning face chapped lips split from unseen violence in warm blood his decayed teeth bathe Shredded shorts like butterflies fly Storm clouds darken the ashen sky A horrifying howl of misery echoes through the ruined streets Scattering the dirty rodents away to their filthy dens I know you have an infinite plan, But how does this fit with your love for man? I cry out to you pleading why, Why he, unlike me, must suffer here, hoping to die? O God, why'd you create him? What's his purpose in life? O God, how do I save him? Is there a way to free him of poverty's evil plight? The sun reclaims its array of light This boy crawls into his cardboard hut The storm weeps upon the countryside The water flows, his frail limbs shudder Pain stretches the child's thin face digging for ticks in utter disgrace Damp dirt clings to his bare skin The sorrow swelling from deep within Curling against the fragile wall His tears form a solemn waterfall

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