On the day little danny arrived   His father stared and his mother cried   They knew his name but they didn't know why   He looked the way he did   This thing happens to other kids   How in the world are we gonna live   With a boy like that?       Doctor said,"dan's the first bad news   Second is his heart won't make it through   It must be fixed unless you choose   To send him back where he came   Starve the boy from his name   Just six short days of pain   Or maybe less"      Chorus:   Danny's downs but love is up   It's been known to be more than enough   For more and more of us   Danny's downs but love is up      "i'm not that strong," his father said   "the dreams are gone, the hopes have fled   Won't be long after he's dead   We'll try again to find   The child we had in mind   Where the hell are those papers to sign? "   And the man broke down      In a private room danny's mother wept   As an old jamaican woman swept   And not by chance their eyes met   (and she said)   "god's gifts are only good y'know   And there ain't no love the lord can't grow   Aw honey, take that boy with ya when ya go   Back home      (chorus)      It's been eight years since the surgery   His sister's 5, his brother's 3   He goes to school and he knows how to read   He takes the bus home by himself   Puts his lunch pail back upon the shelf   And he hugs his momma till she melts   To the floor      They're more than a home, they're a family   'cause blood and bones are still souls y'see   And someone's baby's just another danny   And in the guest room in the back   Lives this old jamaican black   'cause when you give a gift   God gives it back again.      (chorus)