Gillian Welch No One Knows My Name Lyrics

No One Knows My Name Lyrics

Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen

Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen

And my dad was passin' through doing things a man will do

Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen



It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all

It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all

And I have a life to claim though I really don't know my name

It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all



Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

But it's written up in the sky and I'll see it by and by

Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name



Well I had a good mother and dad just the same

Well I had a good mother and dad just the same

And they took me to their breast and they surely stood the test

Well I had a good mother and dad just the same



Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

Just another baby born to a girl lost and lorn

Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name



Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind

Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind

And on the crowded street I see a strangers face that looks like me

Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind



Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name

But I'll see it by and by cause it's written up in the sky

Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name