Orphan - Ashley Monroe

Written by：Ashley Monroe/Paul Moak/Gordie Sampson

How does a sparrow know more than I

When its mother is gone it learns how to fly

With no direction its wings in the wind

How does a bird know more than I

How does the winter know to hold on

When it's scared of its shadow and flowers are gone

The leaves all lay sleeping praying to hear spring time songs

How does the winter know to hold on

Nobody told me what I should do

When the world starts to rumble and shake under you

How does an orphan find its way home

Reach out with no hand to hold

How do I make it alone

What keeps a river running that way

Is it slave to the ocean a wild runaway

Does it shed a tear all who have drowned in its wake

What keeps a river running that way

Nobody told me what I should do

When the world starts to rumble and shake under you

How does an orphan find its way home

Reach out with no hand to hold

How do I make it alone

Nobody told me what I should do

When the world starts to rumble and shake under you

How does an orphan find its way home

And I reach out with no hand to hold

How do I make it alone

How does a sparrow know more than I

When the mother is gone it learns how to fly