No One Knows My Name - Gillian Welch

Oh, my mother was just a girl, seventeen

Oh, my mother was just a girl, seventeen

And my dad was passing through

Doing things a man will do And my mother was just a girl, seventeen

It’s a wonder that I’m in this world at all

It’s a wonder that I’m in this world at all

And I have a life to claim

Though I really don’t know my name

It’s a wonder that I’m in this world at all

Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

But it’s written up in the sky

And I’ll see it by and by Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Well, I had a good mother and dad just the same

Well, I had a good mother and dad just the same

And they took me to their rest

And they surely stood the test

Yes, I had a good mother and dad, the same

Well, there ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Just another baby born

To a girl lost and lorn

Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Now and then, there’s a lonesome thought in my mind

Now and then, there’s a lonesome thought in my mind

And on the crowded street I see

A stranger’s face that looks like me Now and then, there’s a lonesome thought in my mind

Well, there ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name

But I’ll see it by and by

'Cause it’s written up in the sky

Ain’t one soul in the whole world knows my name