I Wish There Was More That I Could Give lyrics

(walt meskell, tim martin)

[spoken]
I found her settin` on a sioux city park bench, on a late november afternoon. me, i was just driftin` through. she said she was fourteen, and runnin` away from home. and no, she wouldn`t mind so
Mpany. so i sat down and smoked my last cigarette; she pulled out a candy bar. and we started talkin` about the hows and the whys, and we watched the first snow start to fall.

I said, "hey, little girl. i know the rest of the world looks a lot better to you now. but you know, you gotta hold onto your home. `cause home is what`s gonna keep you warm. so if you gott
Someplace, run on outta this here park, and back home. now, i don`t have no money to help get you there, but here: take my coat. i can`t let you go cold."

[sung]
I wish there was more that i could give you
Though i know it`s your own life to live
But you`re so alone
And far away from home
I wish there was more that i could give

[spoken]
Standin` out at the edge a` town, leanin` on the route 20 sign, snow blowin` all around, i thought about my home, and how far away it was. and then as night come on and the wind picked up, i sta
Thinkin` about the cold, and the blizzard i might be spendin` the night with. and i realized i didn`t have a coat anymore. i was alone. and somewhere, so was that little girl.

Well, along about midnight i was ready to say my prayers, `cause the road was gone and i wasn`t far behind. and then i saw some lights, whirlin` and flashin`, and a patrolman helped me into a wa
R. and there inside was my little runaway friend; and she wrapped my coat around me. well, all i could say was "thank you both, for savin` my life." but the patrolman looked me in the
Nd said, "thank you, for sendin` my little girl back home to me."

[sung]
I wish there was more that i could give you
Though i know it`s your own life to live
But you`re so alone
And far away from home
I wish there was more that i could give