We Had Everything - Jenny Wilson

Nothing

We had nothing

Nothing but the air

That we were gasping for

Not much

We hadn’t much

But we had many dreams

And a list of what we lacked

Oh enough

I could tell we had enough

I carried my own children

Upon my back

Everything

Now I know that now

We had everything though we did not know

We had love

So now what I’m dreaming of

Hey what I’m longing for

Who’s there to save me now

Soon it’s all gone with the wind

It’s flying like a kite of paper in the storm

Soon it’s all gone with the wind

It’s flying like a kite of paper in the storm

Soon it’s all gone with the wind

It’s flying like a kite of paper in the storm

Nothing

We had nothing

But the roof had many holes

And it was raining

Not much

We hadn’t much at all

But at least we saw the stars

During the starlit nights

Oh enough

I swear we had enough

A fireplace in the middle

Where we gathered all of us

Everything

I know I know that now

We had everything though we did not know

We had love

So now what I’m dreaming of

Hey what I’m longing for

Who’s there to save me now

Soon it’s all gone with the wind

It’s flying like a kite of paper in the storm

Oh soon it’s all gone with the wind

It’s flying like a kite of paper in the storm

No, no, soon it’s all gone with the wind

It’s flying like a kite of paper in the storm

We had nothing

We had not much

We had enough

Please don’t ever let us have too much…