The Hungry Doll lyrics

I was headed to the checkout counter

Strolling down the arch

When a little girl with a ragged doll

Talked to me and smiled

She looked like she hadn't had

A thing to eat in days

As she held out her hands

I heard her say:

"Could you spare a nickel

Could you spare a dime?

My momma's been real sick

And daddy's gone all the time

I need to buy some food for us

Here at the grocery store

So my baby doll ain't hungry anymore"

Well, it broke my heart to hear those words

But I fought back the tears

And I lifted her up in my car

As she grinned ear to ear

We filled it to the top with cans

Boxes of milk and bread

As her saddest word

Kept running through my head:

"Could you spare a nickel

Could you spare a dime?

My momma's been real sick

And daddy's gone all the time

I need to buy some food for us

Here at the grocery store

So my baby doll ain't hungry anymore"

When I left her house that day

She hugged me goodbye

And as my car pulled away

Teardrops filled my eyes

'Cause there's so many folks out there

Without enough to eat

Now I think of them

With every child I meet

"Could you spare a nickel

Could you spare a dime?

My momma's been real sick

And daddy's gone all the time

I need to buy some food for us

Here at the grocery store

So my baby doll ain't hungry anymore"

Her baby doll ain't hungry anymore

• Artist:Joey + Rory
• Album:YouTube-Video