[00:00.00]Waiting For My Child (Live) - Mavis Staples [00:11.81]I was talking to a lady just a few days ago [00:21.95]And these are the words she said [00:32.07]If you see my child somewhere [00:37.18]As you journey here and there [00:42.03]Tell him I'm waiting for my child to come home [00:52.41]I am waiting and waiting for my child to come [01:02.29]I'm waiting and waiting for my child to come [01:12.34]If you can't come home [01:17.09]Could you please send me a letter [01:22.45]A letter would mean so much to me [01:32.07]Oh my child may be somewhere [01:37.59]On his sick bed [01:42.56]With no one no one there to rub his aching head [01:52.85]Oh my child may be somewhere [01:57.75]In some lonely jail [02:02.63]With no one no one there to go his bail [02:12.17]I am waiting waiting for my child to come [02:22.98]I am waiting waiting for my child to come [02:32.65]If he can't come home [02:37.01]Could he please send me a letter [02:43.08]A letter would mean so much to me [02:50.24]I am waiting waiting for my child to come [03:02.67]I am waiting waiting for my child to come [03:12.52]If he can't come home [03:17.27]Could he please send me a letter [03:22.63]A letter would mean so much to me [03:30.19]Yes it's good [03:32.25]You know the letter [03:34.81]Loog with me so much to me [03:42.69]As see the letter would mean so much to me