From the recording The Waiting Game
Ballad - Warren Hood fiddle, Rich acoustic guitar and Floyd Domino piano. Back in the 90’s In Maryland I heard a beautiful melody floating through the air with the words ‘didn’t they ever tell you you were loved’ and wrote this song in memory of my mother, imagining what it was like when she was a child. We gave it a place of honor at the end of the album.
Lyrics
DIDN’T THEY EVER TELL YOU
Louise Kirchen
DIDN’T THEY EVER TELL YOU EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK
DIDN’T THEY EVER PICK YOU UP AND KISS THE HURT AWAY
WOULD ANYONE RUN TO HOLD YOU WHEN YOU CRIED OUT IN THE NIGHT
TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALRIGHT
DIDN’T THEY EVER NOTICE THAT YOUR EYES WERE EMERALD GREEN
DIDN’T SOMEONE SAY YOUR SMILE’S THE BEST THEY’D EVER SEEN
COULD THEY NEVER FIND WORDS TO SAY WHAT THEY WERE THINKING OF
DIDN’T THEY EVER TELL YOU YOU WERE LOVED
YOU FORGAVE WHEN THEY FORGOT TO MENTION
HOW YOU BRIGHTENED UP THEIR WORLD
IN THOSE DAYS THEY THOUGHT THAT TOO MUCH ATTENTION
MIGHT HAVE SPOILED A LITTLE GIRL
THEY NEVER HEARD YOU WHISPER WHEN YOU WISHED ON A STAR
FOR SOMEONE TO SAY YOU’RE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
LOOKING LIKE AN ANGEL WHO FELL FROM ABOVE
DIDN’T THEY EVER TELL YOU YOU WERE LOVED
YOU FORGAVE WHEN THEY FORGOT TO MENTION
HOW YOU BRIGHTENED UP THEIR WORLD
IN THOSE DAYS THEY THOUGHT THAT TOO MUCH ATTENTION
MIGHT HAVE SPOILED A LITTLE GIRL
THEY NEVER HEARD YOU WHISPER WHEN YOU WISHED ON A STAR
FOR SOMEONE TO SAY YOU’RE PERFECT JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
LOOKING LIKE AN ANGEL WHO FELL FROM ABOVE
DIDN’T THEY EVER TELL YOU YOU WERE LOVED
WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE AN ANGEL WHO FELL FROM ABOVE
DIDN’T THEY EVER TELL YOU YOU WERE LOVED