One Small Girl

One small girl
 In a tree
 Torn from her mother
 Crying in fright
 One small girl
 Tossed by sea
 And left to face
 The stormy night
 One small girl
 Holding tight
 At last the storm subsided.
 And the morning sun glowed.
 And two old peasants
 came cautiously
 down the road.
 Mama Euralie!
 Tonton Julian!
 Asaka is smiling again, Julian.
 This morning she smiles. Last night she tried
 to blow our heads off.
 Ah, Julian, just listen to those birds.
 Coo coo coo coo coo
 Coo coo coo coo coo
 Aaaahh!
 What kind of bird is that?
 Look! There!
 One small face
 Two small knees
 Why are you up there?
 What is your name?
 The girl can't speak
 And they're to blame
 Agwe probably meant to kill her
 The she'd be dead
 It's possible he forgot
 The god's don't forget
 Then they had some reason to spare
 Her life
 It's best that we don't know what
 One small girl...
 Better not.
 But we are too old for children
 We have no room, and no food...
 And not knowing why, they followed
 their hearts back to the tree, gently lifted
 the terrified child down...
 Noo!!!
 And discovered that she could speak after all.
 One small girl
 In the way
 Constantly hungry
 Learning too quick
 One small girl
 Hard at play
 She makes me smile
 She scares me sick!
 And they scolded and teased
 And held her
 And mended the clothes she tore
 And the hut was crowded
 And food was scarce
 And somehow, their lives held more
 One small girl
 To live for.
 They named her Desiree Dieu-Donne or
 God-Given Desire. But in their affection, they
 simply called her Ti Moune.
 What does Ti Moune mean, Mama?
 It means little orphan. Saved by the gods for
 something special!
 What is it?
 Ti Moune, if we knew why the gods did the
 things they do, we would be gods ourselves!
 Someday I'm going to ask them, Mama!
 Sweet as a eucalyptus
 And terrible as a tempest
 Banging a drun
 And humming a tune...
 Ti Moune
 Falling
 And running
 And calling
 And growing
 And growing
 And growing
 And growing... up too soon...
 One small girl
 Not so small
 Lost in those daydreams
 Day after day
 Ooh way ooh
 Call her name
 No, don't call
 Ooh way ooh
 Her ears
 Don't hear
 She's far away
 And I know that
 She's getting older
 I know that it's
 Meant to be
 And my arms
 Can't hold her
 And keep her small
 But all that my
 Heart can see...
 Aaahhh
 Is one small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 One small
 Girl
 In a tree
 Ooh, ooh way ooh
 Ooh, ooh way ooh...