Willy Russell
My Child (1995 London Cast Version)
[spoken]
[MRS LYONS]
Hello, Mrs J. How are you?
Mrs J? Anything wrong?

[MRS JOHNSTONE]
I had it all worked out. With one more baby we coulda managed, but not with two! The welfare've been onto me

[MRS LYONS]
Twins? You're expecting twins?

[NARRATOR]
How quickly an idea planted can
Take root and grow into a plan
The thought conceived in this very room
Grew as surely as a seed in a mother's womb

[MRS LYONS]
Give one to me. Please, Mrs Johnstone, please

[MRS JOHNSTONE]
Are ya... are ya that desperate to have a baby?

[sung]
[MRS LYONS]
Each day I look out from this window
I see him with his friends
I hear him call
I rush down, but as I fold my arms around him
He's gone
Was he ever there at all?